The effects of reprocessing cycles on the structure and properties of polystyrene/Cloisite15A nanocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1489-1496

  Remili, Chérifa ^a   Kaci, Mustapha ^a   Benhamida, Aida ^a   Bruzaud, Stéphane ^b   Grohens, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cloisite 15A; Degradation; Nanocomposites; Polystyrene; Reprocessing

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; EXTRUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERCALATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENES; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; SILICATES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; X RAY SCATTERING;

CLOISITE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES; NANOINDENTATION TESTS; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 79959769080     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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