Evolution of dispersion along the extruder during the manufacture of polymer-organoclay nanocomposites

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-87

  Barbas, J M ^a   Machado, A V ^a   Covas, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Near infrared spectroscopy; On line monitoring; Polymer nanocomposites; Rheology

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOCLAY; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MATERIAL COLLECTION; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; ONLINE MONITORING; ORGANOCLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; TIME OF FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84878724349     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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