Glass fiber and nanoclay reinforced polypropylene composites: Morphology, thermal and mechanical properties

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 537-546

  Rahman, Normasmira A ^a   Hassan, Aziz ^a   Yahya, R ^a   Lafia Araga, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hybrid composites; Mechanical property; Nanostructured materials; Thermal property

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CLAY; COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 84875294534     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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