Mechanical, thermal, and fire properties of biodegradable polylactide/boehmite alumina composites

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 6083-6091

  Das, Kunal ^a   Sinha Ray, Suprakas ^a,b   Chapple, Steve ^b   Wesley Smith, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA COMPOSITES; CONE CALORIMETRY; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FIRE PROPERTIES; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

BLENDING; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINA;

EID: 84877305519     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4004305     Document Type: Article

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