Viscoelastic, thermal, and morphological analysis of HDPE/EVA/CaCO 3 ternary blends

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1961-1978

  Ali, Ilias ^a   Elleithy, Rabeh ^b   Al Zahrani, S M ^a   Ali Mohsin, M E ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Printpack Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CaCO 3; HDPE; Injection molding; Masterbatch; Rheology; Ternary blend; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CACO 3; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MASTERBATCH; MELT BLENDS; MELT VISCOSITIES; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEATING EFFECT; REINFORCED BLENDS; TERNARY BLENDS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; VINYL ACETATES; VISCOELASTIC ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSIONS; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

EID: 84855701848     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0608-7     Document Type: Article

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