Influence of thermal conditions on the tensile properties of basalt fiber reinforced polypropylene-clay nanocomposites

Materials and Design

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 540-549

  Eslami Farsani, Reza ^a   Reza Khalili, S Mohammad ^a,b   Hedayatnasab, Ziba ^a   Soleimani, Neda ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt fibers; High temperature; Low temperature; Nanocomposites; Polypropylene; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YIELD STRESS;

BASALT FIBER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANOSCALE MORPHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; THERMAL CONDITION; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 84882797390     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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