Reactive extrusion processing of polypropylene/TiO 2 nanocomposites by in situ synthesis of the nanofillers: Experiments and modeling

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2174-2184

  Bahloul, Walid ^a   Oddes, Olivier ^b   Bounor Legaré, Véronique ^a   Mélis, Flavien ^a   Cassagnau, Philippe ^a   Vergnes, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Polymer processing; Process; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMBINED TECHNIQUES; CONVERSION RATES; FEED-RATES; FILLER DISPERSION; IN-SITU SYNTHESIS; INORGANIC PRECURSOR; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; NANO SCALE; NANO-FILLERS; POLYMER PROCESSING; PROCESS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESSING CONDITION; REACTIVE EXTRUSIONS; SCREW SPEED; SIMULATION; SIMULATION APPROACH; SOL-GEL REACTION; THEORETICAL RESULT; TIO; TITANIUM N-BUTOXIDE; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION;

CONDENSATION; EXTRUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GELS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCREWS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONDENSATION REACTIONS;

EID: 79960236289     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12425     Document Type: Article

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