Effects of crystalline morphologies on the mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforcing polymerized cyclic butylene terephthalate composites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-328

  Yu, T ^b   Wu, C M ^a   Chang, C Y ^a   Wang, C Y ^a   Rwei, S P ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyclic butylenes terephthalate; Mechanical properties; Polymer composites; Processing technologies; Spherulite boundary

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LINES; BOUNDARY REGIONS; CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; CYCLIC BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; IMPACT TEST; LOW CRYSTALLINITY; MODIFIED FILM; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; SHORT BEAM SHEAR; SPHERULITE BOUNDARY; SPHERULITIC STRUCTURE; TEREPHTHALATE;

BUTENES; CARBON FIBERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84863059648     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.35     Document Type: Article

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