Thermal decomposition kinetics of polypropylene composites filled with graphene nanoplatelets

Polymer Testing

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-103

  Liang, J Z ^a,b   Wang, J Z ^a   Tsui, Gary C P ^b   Tang, C Y ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Composites; Graphene nano platelets; Mechanisms; Polypropylene; Thermal decomposition kinetics; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BLENDING; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FILLED POLYMERS; GRAPHENE; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MECHANISMS; PLATELETS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; NANO-PLATELETS; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIOR; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION KINETICS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM; THERMAL DEGRADATION MECHANISM; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 84943640281     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2015.09.015     Document Type: Article

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