Rheology of Rubber-Clay Nanocomposites

Rubber-Clay Nanocomposites: Science, Technology, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 241-274

  Isayev, Avraam I ^a   Choi, Jaesun ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Payne effect; RCN rheology; Rubber clay rheological behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886490748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118092866.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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