Effect of stabilizer on the mechanical, morphological and thermal properties of compatibilized high density polyethylene/ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer/organoclay nanocomposites

Materials and Design

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 273-283

  Akhlaghi, Shahin ^a   Sharif, Alireza ^a,b   Kalaee, Mohammadreza ^a   Elahi, Alireza ^a   Pirzadeh, Mohammadhadi ^a   Mazinani, Saeedeh ^c   Afshari, Mehdi ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nanomaterials; E. Mechanical; H. Selection for material properties

Indexed keywords

A. NANOMATERIALS; AMMONIUM CHAINS; D-SPACING; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; E. MECHANICAL; EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS; H. SELECTION FOR MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MATRIX; MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; NANO CLAYS; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; ORGANIC MODIFIER; OXYGEN MOLECULE; POLYMERIC CHAIN; QUATERNARY SALTS; SILICATE LAYERS; TACTOIDS; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION; THERMO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; VINYL ACETATE CO-POLYMERS; VINYL ACETATES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 80051644431     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.07.044     Document Type: Article

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