Structure and properties of polypropylene/organic rectorite nanocomposites

Clay Minerals

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-50

  Huang, Yun ^a   Liang, Guozheng ^b   Ma, Xiaoyan ^b   Yan, Hongxia ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Nanocomposite; Polypropylene; Rectorite; Relaxation; Rheology; Toughness; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM BROMIDES; CAPILLARY RHEOMETER; CLAY CONTENT; CRYSTAL SIZE; CRYSTALLINE FORM; CRYSTALLINITIES; D SPACING; FINE DISPERSIONS; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; LOSS MODULI; MELT BLENDING; MONOCLINIC CRYSTALS; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; ORGANIC RECTORITE; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; RECTORITE; RECTORITES; RELAXATION; STORAGE MODULI; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; THERMAL STABILITY; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BLENDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFRACTION; DISPERSIONS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; IMPACT STRENGTH; LIGHT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; MINERAL PROPERTY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; RECTORITE; RHEOLOGY; SPHERULITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77249119822     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: 14718030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2009.044.1.35     Document Type: Article

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