The effect of acid-treatment of carbon nanotubes on the thermal kinetics of isotactic polypropylene

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-678

  Fereidoon, Abdolhosein ^a   Hemmati, Mahmood ^b   Kordani, Naser ^a   Kameli, Mohammadi ^b   Ahangari, Morteza G ^a,b   Sharifi, Narges ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

acid treated carbon nanotube; isothermal kinetic; nonisothermal degradation; polypropylene

Indexed keywords

AVRAMI EQUATIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; FRIEDMAN MODEL; GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENE; HEATING RATE METHOD; HOFFMAN-LAURITZEN THEORIES; INTERNAL MIXERS; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; ISOTHERMAL KINETIC; MATRIX; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITION; NONISOTHERMAL DEGRADATION; ONSET TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE CRYSTALLINITY; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; THERMAL KINETICS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; TIME DEPENDENCE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79951926834     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222341003784881     Document Type: Article

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