Styrene/acrylonitrile graft natural rubber as compatibilizer in rubber blends

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1170-1178

  Angnanon, Siriya ^a   Prasassarakich, Pattarapan ^a   Hinchiranan, Napida ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acrylonitrile; Compatibilization; Graft copolymerization; Natural rubber; Nitrile rubber

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL RUBBERS; NITRILE RUBBERS; RUBBER BLENDS; RUBBER PHASIS; SOLUTION POLYMERIZATION; STYRENE/ACRYLONITRILE; TENSILE FRACTURE SURFACES; VULCANIZATES;

COMPATIBILIZERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CYANIDES; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STYRENE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

RUBBER;

EID: 79960700943     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2011.574667     Document Type: Article

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