Interrelationships of morphology, thermal and mechanical properties in uncrosslinked and dynamically crosslinked PP/EOC and PP/EPDM blends

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 197-209

  Babu, R R ^a   Singha, N K ^a   Naskar, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethylene octene copolymer; Ethylene propylene diene rubber; Polymer blends and alloys; Polypropylene; Thermoplastic vulcanizate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949340730     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.26     Document Type: Article

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