Synthesis of polypropylene/attapulgite nanocomposites and their crystallization behavior studied by step-scan DSC

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 846-859

  Hu, Kun ^a   Zheng, Kang ^a   Tian, Xingyou ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Sun, Lili ^a   Shui, Xiangyu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^b Anhui Keli Information Industry Co LTD   (China)

Author keywords

attapulgite; crystallization; isothermal; nanocomposites; polypropylene

Indexed keywords

ATTAPULGITES; AVRAMI EXPONENT; AVRAMI METHOD; BUTYL ACRYLATES; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GAMMA RADIATION; ISOTHERMAL; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; MELT EXTRUSION; MELTING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MELTING; SECONDARY CRYSTALLIZATION; STEP-SCAN DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; STEPSCAN DSC; TEM; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYBRID MATERIALS; MELT SPINNING; MELTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

EID: 79952685428     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2010.483402     Document Type: Article

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