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Interfacial interaction in kaolin-filled polyethylene composites

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Kaolin-filled polyethylene composites were prepared under different mixing conditions. Viscoelastic properties of specimens were measured by torsion pendulum tests. Fracture behaviour was studied by tensile tests, and fracture surfaces by scanning electron microscopy and ESCA. Fracture properties turned out to be strongly influenced by processing conditions and to correlate with the amount of undissolvable polyethylene bound to the filler surface. This bound layer has an appreciably lower heat of fusion than the unfilled polyethylene.

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  1. F. H. J. Maurer

    Present address: Research and Patents, DSM, Geleen, the Netherlands

  2. R. Kosfeld & Th. Uhlenbroich

    Present address: FB 6, Physical Chemistry, Duisburg University-GH, FRG

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    Dedicated Prof. Dr. R. Bonart on the occasion on his 60th birthday.

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    Maurer, F.H.J., Kosfeld, R. & Uhlenbroich, T. Interfacial interaction in kaolin-filled polyethylene composites. Colloid & Polymer Sci 263, 624–630 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01419886

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