Thermal Characterization of Fillers and Polymer Nanocomposite

Characterization Techniques for Polymer Nanocomposites

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 13-32

  Mittal, Vikas ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Filler interlayers; Montmorillonite; Polymer nanocomposites; Polypropylene (PP); Thermograms; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884108474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527654505.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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