Natural vegetable fibre / plasticised natural vegetable fibre - A candidate for low cost and fully biodegradable composite

Advanced Composites Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 231-236

  Lu, Xun ^a   Zhang, Ming Qiu ^a   Rong, Min Zhi ^a   Shi, Guang ^a   Yang, Gui Cheng ^a   Zeng, Han Min ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0009975242     PISSN: 09636935     EISSN: 2633366X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096369359900800505     Document Type: Article

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