The Crystallinity Behavior of Polyethylene/Clay Nanocomposites Under the Influence of Water-Assisted Melt Blending

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1626-1636

  Esteki, Bahareh ^a   Garmabi, Hamid ^a   Saeb, Mohammad Reza ^b   Hoffmann, Thorsten ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COLOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Exfoliation; Intercalation polyethylene clay; Water assisted blending

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE REGIONS; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION MECHANISMS; EXFOLIATION; LAMELLAR THICKNESS; PARTIAL EXFOLIATION; POLYETHYLENE/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITE; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS;

BLENDING; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METHANE; PLATELETS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84890341515     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2013.832853     Document Type: Article

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