Wool keratin-polypropylene composites: Properties and thermal degradation

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 980-987

  Bertini, Fabio ^a   Canetti, Maurizio ^a   Patrucco, Alessia ^a   Zoccola, Marina ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composites; Keratin; Polypropylene; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOURS; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT PROTEINS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; POLYPROPYLENE MATRIX COMPOSITES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; KERATIN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PYROLYSIS; WOOL FIBERS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84875903123     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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