Rubber/Clay Nanocomposites: Preparation, Properties and Applications

Rubber Nanocomposites: Preparation, Properties, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 169-195

  Gatos, K G ^a   Karger Kocsis, J ^b,c  

^a R and D Center   (Greece)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

(organo)clay; Crosslinking; Cure behavior; Deintercalation; Exfoliation; Fire resistance; Friction and wear; Gas permeability; Intercalation; Latex compounding; Layered silicate; Mechanical properties; Melt compounding; Organophilic modifier; Solution intercalation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886073752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470823477.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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