Mechanical and microstructural properties of Nylon-12/carbon black composites: Selective laser sintering versus melt compounding and injection molding

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 506-510

  Athreya, Siddharth Ram ^a,b   Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki ^a   Das, Suman ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; B. Mechanical properties; E. Extrusion; E. Injection molding; E. Sintering

Indexed keywords

B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CARBON BLACK COMPOSITES; CRYSTAL TYPES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DSC STUDIES; E. EXTRUSION; E. INJECTION MOLDING; E. SINTERING; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; LAMELLAR THICKNESS; MELT-COMPOUNDING; MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; NANO SCALE; NUCLEATING AGENTS; POLYMER CRYSTALS; PROCESSING METHOD; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; TENSILE MODULI; XRD;

CARBON BLACK; ELASTIC MODULI; EXTRUSION MOLDING; IMPACT STRENGTH; INJECTION MOLDING; LASER HEATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYAMIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; RAYON; SINTERING;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79951511315     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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