Influence of screw configuration, residence time, and specific mechanical energy in twin-screw extrusion of polycaprolactone/multi-walled carbon nanotube composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2045-2055

  Villmow, Tobias ^a   Kretzschmar, Bernd ^a   Pötschke, Petra ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nano composites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); D. Optical microscopy; E. Extrusion

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); AREA FRACTION; CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; CNT DISPERSION; D. OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; DEGREE OF DISPERSION; DILUTION PROCESS; E. EXTRUSION; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTROSTATIC DISSIPATIVE; EXTRUDATES; FILLER FRACTION; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; MACHINE PARAMETERS; MASTER BATCH; MELT PROCESSING; MIXING ELEMENTS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PROCESSING CONDITION; RESIDENCE TIME; ROTATION SPEED; SPECIFIC MECHANICAL ENERGY; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; EXTRUSION; MACHINE DESIGN; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; ROTATION; SCREWS; SOLVENTS; SPEED; THROUGHPUT;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77957019509     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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