Polymorphism in polyamide 6 and polyamide 6/clay nanocomposites molded via water-assisted injection molding

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 972-977

  Huang, Han Xiong ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Zhou, Wei Wen ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Microstructure; E. Injection molding

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL INJECTION MOLDING; COOLING RATES; CORE LAYERS; CRYSTAL FORMATION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LOWER CRITICAL; OUTER LAYER; POLYAMIDE 6; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); WATER-ASSISTED INJECTION MOLDING;

COOLING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 84858151421     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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