Isocyanate toughened pCBT: Reactive blending and tensile properties

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-185

  Abt, T ^a   Martinez de Ilarduya A ^a   Bou, J J ^a   Sanchez Soto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclic butylene terephthalate; Isocyanate; Mechanical properties; pCBT; Toughening

Indexed keywords

AMIDE GROUPS; BATCH MIXERS; BI-FUNCTIONAL; CHAIN EXTENSION REACTIONS; CYCLIC BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; ELONGATION AT BREAK; GEL CONTENT MEASUREMENTS; GEL FORMATION; ISOCYANATE; LINEAR STRUCTURES; MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES; PCBT; POLYFUNCTIONAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTIVE BLENDING; THERMALLY STABLE;

AMIDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OLIGOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOUGHENING;

BUTENES;

EID: 84874095129     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.16     Document Type: Article

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