Toughening of polyamide 6 with β-nucleated thermoplastic vulcanizates based on polypropylene/ethylene-propylene-diene rubber grafted with maleic anhydride blends

Materials and Design

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-110

  Ma, Li Feng ^a   Wei, Xin Feng ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Wang, Wei Kang ^a   Gu, Li ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Xie, Bang Hu ^a   Yang, Ming Bo ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Impact properties; Mechanical properties; Thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; DISPERSED PHASE; IMPACT PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; NUCLEATING AGENTS; PHASE MORPHOLOGY; POLYAMIDE 6; RUBBER PARTICLES; STRESS FIELD; THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATES; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS; TOUGHNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PROPYLENE;

EID: 80051491372     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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