Preparation and Properties of Low Density Polyethylene Film Modified by Zeolite and Nanoclay

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1611-1620

  Ščetar, Mario ^a   Siročić, Anita Ptiček ^a   Hrnjak Murgić, Zlata ^a   Galić, Kata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; PE LD; Permeability; Thermal stability; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE FILMS; MECHANICAL FEATURE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; PE-LD; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY (SEM); SOLUBILITY CONSTANTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FILM PREPARATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZEOLITES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84890406190     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2013.828234     Document Type: Article

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