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Title: Void morphology in polyethylene/carbon black composites

Conference ·
OSTI ID:486052
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining Dept.
  2. Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, CA (United States); and others

A combination of small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and contrast matching techniques is used to determine the size and quantity of voids incorporated during fabrication of polyethylene/carbon black composites. The analysis used to extract void morphology from SANS data is based on the three-phase model of microcrack determination via small angle x-rayscattering (SAXS) developed by W.Wu{sup 12} and applied to particulate reinforced composites.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
OSTI ID:
486052
Report Number(s):
CONF-961202-110; ON: DE97006312; TRN: 97:003967
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1996 Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, MA (United States), 2-6 Dec 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English