Radiation processing involves the use of natural or manmade sources of high energy radiation on an industrial scale. The principle of radiation processing is the ability of high energy radiation to produce reactive cations, anions and free radicals in materials. The industrial applications of the radiation processing of plastics and composites include polymerization, cross-linking, degradation ...

in this work, a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (tpue) model based on polytetramethylene glycol, toluene diisocyanate and 1,4-butanediol was selected and synthesized. according to this model two types of polyurethane nanocomposites were prepared by in situ polymerization and melt intercalation procedures. the organo-modified nanoclay was used in nanocomposites samples in 0.4 weight percent...

Thermoplastic polyamide elastomer (PAE) [also PEBA: polyether block amide] is one of the most recently developed of the thermoplastic elastomers: a multiblock polymer with polyamide hard segments, it uses longchain polyether diol or polyester diol of low Tg for its soft segments. Polyamide 6 or polyamide 12 (PA12) is the main polyamide component used, while the soft segments are mostly provided...

The use of polymeric materials has become very popular since last thirty years in many applications. The materials in this category can be broadly divided into two categories i.e. thermo bTcP]ScWTa _[PbcXRbIXcWX]RaTPbX]VcWTfa[SobR]RTa]PQdcaTRhR[PQX[XchP]ST]eXa] T]c protection issues thermoplastics have gained more attraction over the thermo set. Thermoplastic elastomers are novel constructional...