Effect of crystallite size of zinc oxide on the mechanical, thermal and flow properties of polypropylene/zinc oxide nanocomposites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-153

  Esthappan, Saisy K ^a,b   Nair, Ajalesh B ^a   Joseph, Rani ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b Department of Chemistry Mangalam College of Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Mechanical properties; B. Thermal properties; E. Compression moulding

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; FILM PREPARATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; E. COMPRESSION MOULDINGS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84908374400     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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