Strategy to improve PA6 performances by melt compounding

Polymer Testing

Volumn 67, Issue , 2018, Pages 84-91

  Vannini, Micaela ^a   Marchese, Paola ^a   Celli, Annamaria ^a   Marega, Carla ^b   Lorenzetti, Cesare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Tetra Pak SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barrier properties; Clay; PA6; Packaging; Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FLAME RESISTANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PACKAGING; POLYMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BARRIER PROPERTIES; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GAS BARRIER PROPERTIES; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OBSERVATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 85042357069     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2018.02.021     Document Type: Article

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