Reinforcement of natural rubber/high density polyethylene blends with electron beam irradiated liquid natural rubber-coated rice husk

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 906-911

  Chong, E L ^a   Ahmad, Ishak ^a   Dahlan, H M ^b   Abdullah, Ibrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electron beam irradiation; Liquid natural rubber; Rice husk

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL GROUPS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; DOUBLE BONDS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; FTIR ANALYSIS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; LIQUID NATURAL RUBBER; MATRIX; MAXIMUM STRESS; NATURAL RUBBERS; POLYETHYLENE BLENDS; RICE HUSK; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; TENSILE MODULI;

COATINGS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; IMPACT STRENGTH; IRRADIATION; LIQUIDS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS;

RUBBER;

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE; RUBBER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON BEAM; FOOD COATING; FOOD IRRADIATION; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED RADIATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; RADIATION DOSE; RICE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED HUSK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77952671446     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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