Rheological and mechanical properties of polypropylene/thermoplastic starch blend

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1079-1091

  Kaseem, Mosab ^a   Hamad, Kotiba ^a   Deri, Fawaz ^a  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Blend; Mechanical properties; PP; Rheological properties; TPS

Indexed keywords

BLEND; CAPILLARY RHEOMETER; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FLOW ACTIVATION ENERGY; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; RHEOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDER; SINGLE SCREW EXTRUSION; STARCH BLENDS; STARCH GRANULES; STRAIN AT BREAK; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH; TPS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; GLYCEROL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RHEOLOGY; SCREWS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

STARCH;

EID: 84859600514     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0611-z     Document Type: Article

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