Polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites: Effects of clay content on properties

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 732-739

  Ataeefard, Maryam ^a   Moradian, Siamak ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COLOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical analysis; Melt rheology; Montmorillonite; Nanoclay; Nanocomposite; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONTENT; CRYSTALLINITIES; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MELT RHEOLOGY; MONTMORILLONITE; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NANO CLAYS; NANO-SCALE FILLERS; SEM; TEM; TENSILE TESTS; XRD;

CLAY MINERALS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 79957794259     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.551438     Document Type: Article

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