The effects of PP-g-Ma on the physical properties and morphology of polypropylene (PP)/recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (rNBR) blends

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1150-1154

  Galpaya, Dilini ^a   Ismail, Hanafi ^b   Ahmad, Zulkifli ^b  

^a Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

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

Author keywords

Morphology; Physical properties; Polypropylene; Polypropylene graft maleic anhydride; Recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER; COMPATIBILIZED BLENDS; FRACTURED SURFACES; HAAKE RHEOMIX; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MELT MIXING; MIXING PROCESS; POLYPROPYLENE GRAFT MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; SEM MICROGRAPHS;

BUTADIENE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; OIL RESISTANCE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RECYCLING; RUBBER; THERMOPLASTICS;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 77956621702     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.482086     Document Type: Article

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