Epoxidized natural rubber toughened polyamide 6/organically modified montmorillonite nanocomposites

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 395-412

  Balakrishnan, Harintharavimal ^a   Nematzadeh, Navid ^a   Wahit, Mat Uzir ^a   Hassan, Azman ^a   Imran, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

epoxidized natural rubber; montmorillonite; nanocomposites; Polyamide 6; toughening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894097861     PISSN: 08927057     EISSN: 15307980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892705712461517     Document Type: Article

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