Mechanical and thermal properties of compatibilized composites of polyethylene and esterified lignin

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4369-4379

  Sailaja, R R N ^a   Deepthi, M V ^a  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Compatibilizer; Esterification; Lignin; Polyethylene; Thermal and mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ASTM STANDARDS; COMPATIBILIZED BLENDS; CRYSTALLINITIES; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; PHTHALATES; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY;

ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FILLERS; LIGNIN; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITES; ESTERIFICATION; GRAVIMETRY; LIGNINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE; STANDARDS; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77953540843     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.03.046     Document Type: Article

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