Morphology, dynamic mechanical, thermal, and crystallization behaviors of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/polycarbonate blends

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3873-3882

  Aravind, Indose ^a   Bourmaud, Alain ^b   Grohens, Yves ^b   Thomas, Sabu ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION EXOTHERM; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; DIFFRACTION PEAKS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; IR TECHNIQUES; PHASE MORPHOLOGY; POLY(TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYCARBONATE BLENDS; REACTION CONDITIONS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMAL STABILITY; TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTION; TWO-PHASE STRUCTURES; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTODEGRADATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951174272     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901767y     Document Type: Article

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