Influences of processing methods and chemical treatments on fracture toughness of halloysite-epoxy composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 471-477

  Tang, Youhong ^a,b   Ye, Lin ^b   Deng, Shiqiang ^b   Yang, Cheng ^c   Yuan, Wangzhang ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminosilicate; Chemical treatments; Fracture toughness; Processing methods

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CONTACT AREAS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES; HALLOYSITE; MECHANICAL MIXING; NANO-PLATELETS; PARTICLE CLUSTERS; PHENYLPHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PROCESSING METHOD; TOUGHNESS MECHANISMS; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

ALUMINOSILICATES; BALL MILLING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOTUBES;

KAOLINITE;

EID: 84864042111     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.06.036     Document Type: Article

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