Structure-fracture properties relationship for Polypropylene reinforced with fly ash with and without maleic anhydride functionalized isotactic Polypropylene as coupling agent

Materials and Design

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-92

  Igarza, Esteban ^a   Pardo, Santiago García ^b,c   Abad, María José ^b   Cano, Jesús ^b   Galante, María José ^d   Pettarin, Valeria ^d   Bernal, Celina ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c Centro Galego Do Plástico CGAP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Deformation behavior; Fly ash; Fracture; Poly(propylene); Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COUPLING AGENTS; DEFORMATION; DISPERSIONS; FLY ASH; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; QUASISTATIC FRACTURE; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84886636565     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.09.055     Document Type: Article

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