The effects of recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber content and maleic anhydride modified polypropylene (PPMAH) on the mixing, tensile properties, swelling percentage and morphology of polypropylene/recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber/rice husk powder (PP/NBRr/RHP) composites

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1323-1328

  Ismail, H ^a   Ragunathan, S ^a   Hussin, K ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acyronitrile butadiene rubber; Maleic anhydride modified polypropylene (ppmah); Mechanical properties; Morphology; Polypropylene; Rice husk

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER; ACYLONITRILE; BUTADIENE RUBBER; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FRACTURED SURFACES; HAAKE RHEOMIX; MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE; PP MATRIX; RICE HUSK; SWELLING PERCENTAGE; YOUNG MODULUS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BUTADIENE; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER BLENDS; RECYCLING; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABILIZATION; THERMOPLASTICS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77958481140     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.496420     Document Type: Article

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