Performance of irradiated and crosslinked ethylene vinyl acetate/waste tire dust blend

Journal of Elastomers and Plastics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-256

  Sakinah, Z A Anis ^a,b   Ratnam, C T ^c   Chuah, A Luqman ^a   Yaw, T C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Electron microscopy; Irradiation effect; Mechanical properties; Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING AGENTS; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; CROSSLINKED; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ELONGATION AT BREAK; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; GEL CONTENTS; IRRADIATION DOSE; IRRADIATION EFFECT; TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE TRIACRYLATE; TRIPROPYLENEGLYCOL DIACRYLATE;

DUST; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ETHYLENE; GELS; GLASS TRANSITION; IRRADIATION; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

RADIATION;

EID: 79959362152     PISSN: 00952443     EISSN: 15308006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095244311398629     Document Type: Article

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