Injection moulding of long glass fibre reinforced poly(ethylene terephtalate): Influence of carbon black and nucleating agents on impact properties

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 706-718

  Cilleruelo, L ^a,b   Lafranche, E ^a,b   Krawczak, P ^a,b   Pardo, P ^c   Lucas, P ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

^c OCV Reinforcements   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Long fibre thermoplastics; Mechanical properties; Nucleating agent; Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

CHARPY IMPACT; COMPOSITE MICROSTRUCTURES; COMPOSITE PARTS; CONDUCTIVE ADDITIVES; COOLING KINETICS; COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGIES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; FIBRE CONTENT; FIBRE REINFORCED; FRETTAGE; IMPACT PERFORMANCE; IMPACT PROPERTY; MOULD CAVITY; MOULD FILLING; MOULD TEMPERATURE; NUCLEATING AGENTS; POLY (ETHYLENE TEREPHTALATE); POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER MELT RHEOLOGY; PROCESSING TEMPERATURE;

ADDITIVES; CARBON BLACK; ETHYLENE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLDS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCEMENT;

FIBERS;

EID: 84863812047     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.76     Document Type: Article

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