Morphology and properties of nylon 6 blown films reinforced with different weight percentage of nanoclay additives

International Journal of Polymer Science

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hegde, Raghavendra R ^a   Bhat, Gajanan S ^a   Deshpande, Bhushan ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b Techmer PM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYAMIDES; RAYON; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS; WETTING;

CLAY LOADINGS; CRYSTALLINE FORM; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCLAY ADDITIVES; NUCLEATING AGENTS; TEAR STRENGTH; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES; WETTING BEHAVIOR;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84867581177     PISSN: 16879422     EISSN: 16879430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/959035     Document Type: Article

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