Kinetics of the thermal and thermo-oxidative degradation of polypropylene/halloysite nanocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1745-1754

  Lecouvet, B ^a   Bourbigot, S ^b   Sclavons, M ^a   Bailly, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Halloysite; Kinetic analysis; Polymer nanocomposites; Polypropylene; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

AIR ATMOSPHERE; DEGRADATION CONDITION; HALLOYSITE; HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES; INERT NITROGEN; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; KINETIC ANALYSIS; MELT BLENDING PROCESS; MODEL-FREE ISOCONVERSIONAL METHOD; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; THERMAL AND THERMO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; THERMAL BEHAVIORS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DEGRADATION; KAOLINITE; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84864618662     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.06.022     Document Type: Article

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