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  • Effect of Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTs) on Mechanical Properties of EPDM/NBR Blend-Nanocomposites

  • Raj Kishor Das, K. Ragupathy*,† , T. Senthil Kumar**, and S. Vishvanathperumal***

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hi-Tech Institute of Technology, Khurda, Odisha 752057, India
    *Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Agni College of Technology, Chennai - 600130, India
    **Department of English, S.A. Engineering College, Thiruverkadu, Chennai, Tamilnadu - 600077, India
    ***Department of Mechanical Engineering, S.A. Engineering College, Thiruverkadu, Chennai, Tamilnadu - 600077, India

  • EPMD/NBR 나노복합체의 기계적 물성에 Halloysite Nanotube(HNT)가 미치는 영향 연구

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This Article

  • 2023; 47(2): 221-232

    Published online Mar 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.2.221
  • Received on Dec 2, 2022
  • Revised on Jan 25, 2023
  • Accepted on Jan 30, 2023

Correspondence to

  • K. Ragupathy

  • Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Agni College of Technology, Chennai - 600130, India

  • E-mail: ragupathy86@gmail.com