Blending cellulose with polyethylene-co-acrylic acid in alkaline water suspension

Cellulose

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 661-669

  Saarikoski, Eve ^a   Lipponen, Sami ^a   Rissanen, Marja ^b   Seppälä, Jukka ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Nucleation; Polymer Blend; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; ALKALINE WATER; CELLULOSE SOLUTIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DRY BLEND; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; M-SCALE; MIXING METHOD; RHEOLOGICAL METHOD;

BLENDING; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLULOSE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84860377645     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-012-9668-6     Document Type: Article

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