Structures and performance of white clay-filled isotactic-polypropylene composites prepared by double-molding techniques

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1275-1281

  Mina, Md Forhad ^a   Banu, Nasima ^a   Razzak, Abdur ^a   Rahman, Md Jellur ^a   Gafur, Md Abdul ^b   Bhuiyan, Md Abu Hashan ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGLADESH COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH BCSIR   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Isotactic polypropylene; Microhardness; Thermal stability; White clay; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE PHASE; FILLER ADDITION; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

FILLERS; KAOLIN; MICROHARDNESS; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 77955510860     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550903204139     Document Type: Article

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