Dispersion and re-agglomeration phenomena during melt mixing of polypropylene with multi-wall carbon nanotubes

Polymer Testing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 701-707

  Jamali, Safa ^a   Paiva, Maria C ^b   Covas, José A ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites Carbon nanotubes Polypropylene Dispersion

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GOOD CORRELATIONS; POLYMER MATRICES; PRECISE CONTROL; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; PROCESSING STAGE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THERMO-MECHANICAL STRESS;

AGGLOMERATION; DATA HANDLING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLYMER MELTS; POLYPROPYLENES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRESSES;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84876579587     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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