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  • Mechanical and Swelling Properties of EPDM/SBR Nanocomposites Containing Resorcinol- and Hexamethylenetetramine-Modified HNTs

  • V. Sivaramakrishnan† , S. Vishvanathperumal*, V. Navaneethakrishnan, and G. Anand**

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu – 611002, India
    *Department of Mechanical Engineering, SA Engineering College, Thiruverkadu, Chennai, Tamilnadu – 600077, India
    **Department of Mechanical Engineering, Achariya College of Engineering Technology, Achariyapuram, Villianur, Uruvaiyar, Puducherry – 605110, India

  • 레조시놀과 헥사메틸렌테트라아민으로 개질된 HNTs가 함침되어 있는 EPDM/SBR 나노복합소재의 기계적 및 Swelling 물성 연구

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This Article

  • 2024; 48(6): 677-692

    Published online Nov 25, 2024

  • 10.7317/pk.2024.48.6.677
  • Received on Jul 9, 2024
  • Revised on Aug 16, 2024
  • Accepted on Aug 16, 2024

Correspondence to

  • V. Sivaramakrishnan

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

  • E-mail: siva.vmskvpdm@gmail.com