Miscibility, thermal and mechanical properties of melt-mixed poiy(lactic acid)/poiy(trimethyiene terephthalate) blends

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1001-1009

  Lin, San Wai ^a   Cheng, Yao Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blends; Miscibility; Poly(lactic acid); Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)

Indexed keywords

AVRAMI EQUATIONS; BLENDS; BREAKING ELONGATION; CHARACTERISTIC PEAKS; COLD-CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MISCIBILITY; POLY (TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLY(LACTIC ACID); SEM; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEREPHTHALATE; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY;

BODY FLUIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOLUBILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELONGATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER BLEND; POLYTRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; TENSILE PROPERTY; THERMAL PROPERTY; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 77955890364     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.482078     Document Type: Article

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