Isothermal crystallization kinetics of fly ash filled iso-polypropylene composite- and a new physical approach

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 423-429

  Nath, Dilip Chandra Deb ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Sri ^a   Yu, Aibing ^a   Blackburn, Darryl ^b   White, Chris ^b   Varughese, Susy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Research and Ash Development   (Australia)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Composites; DSC; Fly ash; Isothermal crystallization; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

AVRAMI EXPONENT; CRYSTAL THICKNESS; DSC; EXOTHERMS; INJECTION MOULDING; INTEGRAL NUMBERS; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; SUPER-COOLING TEMPERATURE;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILLED POLYMERS; FLY ASH; INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; THERMOPLASTICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

EID: 77951880437     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-009-0408-6     Document Type: Article

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