Effect of whiskers nucleation ability and shearing function on the interfacial crystal morphology of polyethylene (PE)/raw whiskers composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 631-637

  Ning, Nanying ^a   Deng, Hua ^a   Luo, Feng ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. interface; D. Mechanical testing; E. Injection molding

Indexed keywords

B. INTERFACE; COMBINED EFFECT; D. MECHANICAL TESTING; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; E. INJECTION MOLDING; EPITAXIALLY GROWN; HDPE COMPOSITE; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERFACIAL CRYSTALS; LARGE DIAMETER; MATRIX COMPOSITE; MELT BLENDING; SMALL-DIAMETER;

BLENDING; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MOLDS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SHEARING;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 79954440962     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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