Vulcanization Characteristics and Curing Kinetic of Rubber-Organoclay Nanocomposites

Rubber-Clay Nanocomposites: Science, Technology, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 275-303

  Verdejo, Raquel ^a   Hernandez, Marianella ^a   Bitinis, Natacha ^a   Kenny, Jose María ^a   Lopez Manchado, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite vulcanization; Organoclay vulcanization; Vulcanization reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886479581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118092866.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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