Polyethylene/synthetic boehmite alumina nanocomposites: Structure, thermal and rheological properties

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 264-274

  Khumalo, V M ^a   Karger Kocsis, J ^a,b   Thomann, R ^c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boehmite alumina; Nanocomposite; Nanoparticle dispersion; Polyethylene; Thermooxidative stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951053953     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.34     Document Type: Article

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