Curing characteristics, tensile properties and morphology of palm ash/halloysite nanotubes/ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM) hybrid composites

Polymer Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 872-878

  Ismail, H ^a   Shaari, S M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Curing characteristics; EPDM; Halloysite nanotubes; Mechanical properties; Palm ash

Indexed keywords

CURING CHARACTERISTICS; CURING TIME; ELONGATION AT BREAK; EPDM; EPDM RUBBER; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER; HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES; HYBRID COMPOSITES; HYBRID NANOTUBE; LABORATORY SIZE; MATRIX; MAXIMUM TORQUE; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; PALM ASH; SCORCH TIME; TENSILE FRACTURE SURFACES; TENSILE MODULI; TWO-ROLL MILL; WEIGHT RATIOS;

CURING; ETHYLENE; KAOLINITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOMERS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PROPYLENE;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77956231592     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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