Advanced utilization of as received and near whitened fly ash in polypropylene polymer to improve mechanical, notched impact and whiteness colour properties

International Journal of Plastics Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Bandyopadhyay, Sri ^a   Zaeni, Akhmad ^a   Nath, Dilip ^a   Yu, Aibing ^a   Zeng, Qinghua ^a   Blackburn, Darryl ^b   White, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Cement Australia Brisbane   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bimodal; Color control; Composition; Crystalinity; Filler in polymers; Fly ash; Mono modal; Near whitened; Notched impact; Properties of composites; Tensile modulus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892663410     PISSN: 0972656X     EISSN: 0975072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12588-010-0011-5     Document Type: Article

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