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  • Improvement of Mechanical Strength of Polyolefin Elastomer/Polystyrene Blends using High-Intensity Ultrasound

  • Jae Woo Park and Sangmook Lee*,†

  • PO Application Development Team, Lotte Chemical Corp., 15Fl, Lotte world Tower, 300, Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05551, Korea
    *Division of Chemical Engineering, Dankook University, 126, Jukjeon-dong, Suji-gu, Gyeonggi-do 448-701, Korea

  • 고강도 초음파를 이용한 Polyolefin Elastomer/Polystyrene 블렌드의 기계적 강도 향상

  • 박재우 · 이상묵*,†

  • 롯데케미칼, *단국대학교 화학공학과

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  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
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    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
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This Article

  • 2023; 47(6): 750-756

    Published online Nov 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.6.750
  • Received on Jul 20, 2023
  • Revised on Aug 30, 2023
  • Accepted on Aug 30, 2023

Correspondence to

  • Sangmook Lee

  • Division of Chemical Engineering, Dankook University, 126, Jukjeon-dong, Suji-gu, Gyeonggi-do 448-701, Korea

  • E-mail: s_mlee@naver.com