Effect of chemical treatment on the tensile properties of short sisal fibre-reinforced polyethylene composites

Polymer

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 5139-5149

  Joseph, Kuruvilla ^a,c   Thomas, Sabu ^a   Pavithran, C ^b  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^c ST BERCHMANS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Composites; Polyethylene; Sisal fibre

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; NATURAL FIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE; FRACTURE SURFACES; SISAL FIBERS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM PEROXIDE;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, SISAL-FIBRE-REINFORCED; POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; SISAL FIBRES, SHORT; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030295382     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0032-3861(96)00144-9     Document Type: Article

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