Viscoelastic behaviour and fracture toughness of linear-low-density polyethylene reinforced with synthetic boehmite alumina nanoparticles

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 652-666

  Pedrazzoli, D ^a   Ceccato, R ^a   Karger Kocsis, J ^b   Pegoretti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fracture and fatigue; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; ESSENTIAL-WORK-OF-FRACTURE APPROACH; FRACTURE AND FATIGUE; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; QUASI-STATIC TENSILE TEST; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; STORAGE AND LOSS MODULUS; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR;

ALUMINA; CREEP; FILLERS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HOT PRESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84878456274     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.62     Document Type: Article

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