Accelerated weathering of PP based nanocomposites: Effect of the presence of maleic anhydryde grafted polypropylene

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 703-715

  Morreale, M ^a   Dintcheva, N Tz ^b   La Mantia, F P ^b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

FT IR spectroscopy; Mechanical properties; Morphology; Nanocomposites; Weathering stability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED WEATHERING; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOURS; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

COMPATIBILIZERS; DISPERSIONS; FILLED POLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; WEATHERING;

FILLERS;

EID: 84878466110     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.67     Document Type: Article

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