Morphology of Rubber-Clay Nanocomposites

Rubber-Clay Nanocomposites: Science, Technology, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 181-240

  Galimberti, Maurizio ^a,b   Cipolletti, Valeria Rosaria ^a   Giudice, Simona ^b  

^a Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Montmorillonite modified with ammonium cation; Pristine clays; RCN morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861001294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118092866.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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