Mechanical and thermal properties of crab chitin reinforced carboxylated SBR composites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 396-409

  Visakh, P M ^a   Monti, M ^b   Puglia, D ^b   Rallini, M ^b   Santulli, C ^c   Sarasini, F ^c   Thomas, S ^a   Kenny, J M ^b  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crab chitin; Nanoidentation; Rubber; Solvent absorption; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC SOLVENT; FILLER CONTENTS; LINEAR CREEP; LOADING TIME; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MICRO-SIZED PARTICLES; NANO-IDENTATION; SBR COMPOSITES; SHELLFISH WASTE; SOLVENT ABSORPTION; STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER; SWELLING BEHAVIOUR;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHITIN; CREEP; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLFISH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TOLUENE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84858031801     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.42     Document Type: Article

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