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  • Influence of Compatibilization and Internal Lubricant on the Mechanical and Thermo-mechanical Properties of PLA/TPU Compound

  • Ali Avci† , Aysegul Akdogan Eker*, and Mehmet Safa Bodur**

  • Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hakkari University, Hakkari 30000, Türkiye
    *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul 34349, Türkiye
    **Department of Material Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, Yeditepe University, Istanbul 34755, Türkiye

  • PLA/TPU 화합물의 기계적 및 열역학적 특성에 미치는 호환성 및 내부윤활제의 영향

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This Article

  • 2022; 46(5): 671-683

    Published online Sep 25, 2022

  • 10.7317/pk.2022.46.5.671
  • Received on Jun 2, 2022
  • Revised on Jul 26, 2022
  • Accepted on Aug 2, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Ali Avci

  • Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hakkari University, Hakkari 30000, Türkiye

  • E-mail: aliavci@hakkari.edu.tr