The Effects of Short Glass Fibre (SGF) Loading and a Silane Coupling Agent on Properties of Polypropylene/Waste Tyre Dust/Short Glass Fibre (PP/WTD/SGF) Composites

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-305

  Zainal, Z ^a   Ismail, H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Polypropylene; Short glass fibre; Silane coupling agent; Waste tyre dust

Indexed keywords

AMINOPROPYLTRIMETHOXYSILANE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FTIR ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBRES; POOR ADHESION; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SHORT GLASS FIBRE; SILANE COUPLING AGENT; SWELLING RESISTANCE; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

COUPLING AGENTS; DUST; GLASS FIBERS; LOADING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBERS;

EID: 79251535655     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.531868     Document Type: Article

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