<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rama, Mallikarjuna Shroff</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Neppalli, Ramesh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chellaswamy, Ramesh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Swaminathan, Sivaram</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Exfoliation of clay layers in polypropylene matrix using potassium succinate-g-polypropylene as compatibilizer</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Composites Science and Technology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">differential scanning calorimetry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mechanical property</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nano composites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nanoclays</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polypropylene</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SEP</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCI LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">70</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1550-1556</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The efficiency of potassium succinate-g-polypropylene (KPPSA) as compatibilizer for the dispersion of clay in a high molecular weight polypropylene during melt mixing for the preparation of nanocomposites was evaluated and compared with maleic anhydride-g-polypropylene (PPMA). Nanocomposites were prepared by direct melt mixing and by masterbatch methods and the structure obtained was characterized by WAXD and TEM. The exfoliation and better dispersion of the organoclay was observed with KPPSA than PPMA. The dispersion of clay was found to be dependent on the method of preparation, type and the amount of compatibilizer used. The dispersion was better when the nanocomposites were prepared by two step masterbatch route than the single step direct mixing method. Flexural moduli and crystallization behavior were studied and correlated with the dispersion of organoclay in the PP matrix. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.856</style></custom4></record></records></xml>