The influence of nanosilica on the nucleation, crystallization and tensile properties of PP-PC and PP-PA blends

Polymer

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3982-3993

  Laoutid, F ^a   Estrada, E ^b   Michell, R M ^b   Bonnaud, L ^a   Muller A J ^b   Dubois, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Nanosilica; Nucleation; PP blends

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DROPS; GROWTH KINETICS; ISOTHERMS; POLYPROPYLENES; SILICA;

IMMISCIBLE BLENDS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; NANO-SILICA; NON-ISOTHERMAL DSC; NUCLEATION DENSITIES; NUCLEATION EFFECT; POLARIZED LIGHT OPTICAL MICROSCOPIES;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 84879601735     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.05.031     Document Type: Article

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