Morphologies of injection molded isotactic polypropylene/ultra high molecular weight polyethylene blends

Materials and Design

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 633-639

  An, Yuan ^a   Gu, Li ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Li, Yan Mei ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Xie, Bang Hu ^a   Yang, Ming Bo ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Thermoplastics; C. Molding; F. Crystalline state

Indexed keywords

F. CRYSTALLINE STATE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; PP MATRIX; SHEAR EFFECT; SHISH-KEBABS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES; SHEAR FLOW;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 80755176681     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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