Studies on the nonisothermal crystallization behavior of polypropylene/multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposites

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1094-1104

  Duan, Qiongjuan ^a   Wang, Biao ^a   Hong, Bindun ^a   Wang, Huaping ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

multiwalled carbon nanotubes; nonisothermal crystallization kinetics; polypropylene

Indexed keywords

AVRAMI THEORY; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; MELT-COMPOUNDING; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; NUCLEATING EFFECT; PP MATRIX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; WELL-DISPERSED;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

EID: 77957920215     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222341003641651     Document Type: Article

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