Polyamide from lactams by reactive rotational molding via anionic ring-opening polymerization: Optimization of processing parameters

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-87

  Barhoumi, N ^a   Maazouz, A ^a   Jaziri, M ^b   Abdelhedi, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

caprolactam; Anionic polymerization; Processing technologies; Reactive rotational molding; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; CAPROLACTAM MAGNESIUM BROMIDES; CYCLE TIME; DIFUNCTIONAL; DYNAMIC RHEOLOGY; INDUCTION TIME; POLYAMIDE 6; POLYMERIZATION TEMPERATURE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; PROCESSING WINDOWS;

AMIDES; ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; SODIUM; VISCOSITY;

ROTATIONAL MOLDING;

EID: 84869116794     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.7     Document Type: Article

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