Effect of modified clay on mechanical and morphological properties of ethylene octane copolymer-polypropylene nanocomposites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1139-1150

  Sharma, S K ^a   Nema, Ajay K ^b   Nayak, S K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PLASTICS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Montmorillonite (MMT); polypropylene maleic anhydride (PP g MA)

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE-OCTANE-COPOLYMERS; EXFOLIATED NANOCOMPOSITES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MODIFIED CLAYS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANOCLAYS; REINFORCING EFFECTS; STRESS TRANSFER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM;

ASPECT RATIO; CLAY MINERALS; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84861088337     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998311413686     Document Type: Article

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