Mechanical properties of polypropylene/calcium carbonate nanocomposites

Materials Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-522

  Eirasa, Daniel ^a   Pessan, Luiz Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Debonding; Nanocomposites; Toughening

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; DEBONDING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYPROPYLENES; TOUGHENING; YIELD STRESS;

BRITTLE TO DUCTILE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; DEBONDING PROCESS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IMPACT MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER; STRESS SOFTENING; SURFACE CONTACT; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

EID: 76649083576     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-14392009000400023     Document Type: Article

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