Bulk and surface mechanical properties of clay modified HDPE used in liner applications

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1066-1078

  Adewole, Jimoh K ^a   Al Mubaiyedh, Usamah A ^a   Ul Hamid, Anwar ^a   Al Juhani, Abdulhadi A ^a   Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical analysis; Nanocomposites; Nanoindentation; Organoclay; Polyethylene; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BULK MEASUREMENT; CLAY CONTENT; CLOISITE; CRYSTALLINITIES; LINER GRADES; LOSS MODULI; LOW LOADING; MASTERBATCH; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MELT BLENDING PROCESS; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY ADDITIVES; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; NANOINDENTATION TESTS; NEAT POLYMER; ORGANOCLAYS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; SURFACE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOINDENTATION; ORGANOCLAY; POLYETHYLENES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84863550869     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20619     Document Type: Article

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