Mechanical, thermal, and flame-retardant performance of polyamide 11–halloysite nanotube nanocomposites

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 157-167

  Hao, Ayou ^a   Wong, Iris ^a   Wu, Hao ^a   Lisco, Brian ^a   Ong, Brian ^a   Sallean, Alyssa ^a   Butler, Steven ^a   Londa, Michelle ^b   Koo, Joseph H ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b KAI LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CALORIMETERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXTRUSION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KAOLINITE; NANOTUBES; POLYPROPYLENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; RATE OF CRYSTALLIZATION; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84941273134     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8575-7     Document Type: Article

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