Development of expanded graphite filled natural rubber vulcanizates in presence and absence of carbon black: Mechanical, thermal and morphological properties

Materials and Design

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 410-417

  Malas, Asish ^a   Das, Chapal Kumar ^a   Das, Amit ^b   Heinrich, Gert ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b IPF Dresden ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; NANOCOMPOSITES; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRACK PATHS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; EPOXIDIZED NATURAL RUBBER; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; EXPANSION RATIO; HIGH RESOLUTION; LABORATORY SCALE; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MASTER BATCH; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NANO-SIZED; ROUGH SURFACES; RUBBER VULCANIZATES; SOLUTION MIXING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 84860009426     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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