Mechanical and thermal properties of environment-friendly 'green' composites made from pineapple leaf fibers and poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate) resin

Polymer Composites

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 367-378

  Luo, S ^a   Netravali, A N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY GREEN COMPOSITES; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE COVALERATE RESIN;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032649240     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.10363     Document Type: Article

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