Mechanical and thermal behaviour of polyamide 6/silicon carbide nanocomposites toughened with maleated styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene elastomer

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-63

  Liao, C Z ^a   Tjong, S C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

elastomer; essential work of fracture; fracture toughness; polyamide 6; silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

CARBIDE NANOPARTICLES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE; INJECTION MOULDING; MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; MELT BLENDING; PLASTIC WORK; POLYAMIDE 6; SEBS-G-MA; STYRENE ETHYLENE BUTYLENE STYRENES; TENSILE DUCTILITY; TENSILE MODE; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BLENDING; BUTENES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTOMERS; ETHYLENE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT STRENGTH; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICON CARBIDE; STYRENE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84855326227     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2011.01561.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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