Effect of nanofillers on the properties of a state of the art epoxy gelcoat

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-227

  Karapappas, P ^a   Tsotra, P ^a   Scobbie, K ^a  

^a Huntsman Advanced Materials   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gelcoats; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Nanofillers; Weatherometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551624866     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.21     Document Type: Article

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