Application of mean-field theory in PP/EVA blends by focusing on dynamic mechanical properties in correlation with miscibility analysis

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-82

  Aghjeh, Masoud Razavi ^a   Khonakdar, Hossein Ali ^b,c   Jafari, Seyed Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Hybrid; B. Microstructures; D. Electron microscopy; D. Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BLENDING; DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMICS; ETHYLENE; GLASS TRANSITION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYPROPYLENES; SOLUBILITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

A. HYBRID; APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARRHENIUS RELATIONSHIP; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ETHYLENE/VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE AND ITS DISTRIBUTION;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84928957755     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.04.026     Document Type: Article

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