Influence of processing conditions on the optical and crystallographic properties of injection molded polyamide-6 and polyamide-6/montmorillonite nanocomposites

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-418

  Yebra Rodriguez, Africa ^a   Alvarez Lloret, Pedro ^b   Yebra, Ana ^b   Cardell, Carolina ^a   Rodriguez Navarro, Alejandro B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crystallographic properties; Injection molding; Montmorillonite; Nanocomposite; Optical properties; Polyamide 6

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; HEXAGONAL MORPHOLOGY; MONTMORILLONITE; MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES; NANO-PLATELETS; OPTICAL CLARITY; POLYAMIDE-6; PROCESSING CONDITION; REINFORCED POLYMERS; SOLID PHASE TRANSITION;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; INJECTION MOLDING; MOLDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICATE MINERALS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MONTMORILLONITE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMER;

EID: 79952003540     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.12.031     Document Type: Article

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