An organically modified montmorillonite/nylon-12 composite powder for selective laser sintering

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-36

  Yan, C Z ^a   Shi, Y S ^b   Yang, J S ^b   Liu, J H ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Minerals; Polyamides; Powders; Sintering

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE POWDERS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DISSOLUTION-PRECIPITATION PROCESS; DSC AND TGA; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; INTERCALATED NANOCOMPOSITES; MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MELTING ENTHALPY; MOLECULAR CHAINS; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; PREPARATION PROCESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SEM; TENSILE MODULI; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; XRD;

AMIDES; CLAY MINERALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFRACTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; IMPACT STRENGTH; LASER HEATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POWDERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAYON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SINTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYAMIDES;

EID: 79551498675     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541111098608     Document Type: Article

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