Thermal properties and crystallisation behaviour of thermoplastic natural rubber (TPNR) nanocomposites

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 812, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-130

  Surip, S N ^a   Zhang, Z Y ^b   Dhakal, H N ^b   Bonnia, N N ^a   Ahmad, S H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crystallisation; Nanocomposites; Thermal properties; Thermoplastic natural rubber (TPNR)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLISATION BEHAVIOURS; INTERNAL MIXERS; LIQUID NATURAL RUBBER; MELT-BLENDING METHODS; NUCLEATING AGENTS; PREPARATION METHOD; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; THERMOPLASTIC NATURAL RUBBER (TPNR);

BLENDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RUBBER; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84886255016     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.812.125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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