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  • Effect of Nanographene Oxide on the Mechanical Properties of EPDM/SBR Nano-composites

  • P. C. Prakash†  , G. Gurumoorthi, V. Navaneethakrishnan, and S. Vishvanathperumal*

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu-611002, India
    *Department of Mechanical Engineering, S.A Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu-600077, India

  • 나노그래핀 산화물 첨가에 따른 EPDM/SBR 나노복합소재의 기계적 물성 연구

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This Article

  • 2023; 47(4): 427-439

    Published online Jul 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.4.427
  • Received on Dec 16, 2022
  • Revised on May 21, 2023
  • Accepted on May 25, 2023

Correspondence to

  • P. C. Prakash

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu-611002, India

  • E-mail: pcprakash.tpt@gmail.com