Super HIPS: Improved high impact polystyrene with two sources of rubber particles

Polymer

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 8435-8442

  Alfarraj, Abdulrahman ^a   Bruce Nauman, E ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binodal; High impact polystyrene; Toughness

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPOSITION; POLYMER BLENDS; QUENCHING; RUBBER PRODUCTS; SOLVENTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

IMPACT STRENGTH; LOW SPEED TESTS; PHASE VOLUME; RUBBER TESTS;

POLYSTYRENES;

COPOLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOLVATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; VELOCITY; VOLATILIZATION; WEIGHT;

POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 8844240692     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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