Rheological behavior of short sisal fiber-reinforced polystyrene composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1231-1240

  Nair, K C M ^a   Kumar, R P ^a   Thomas, S ^a   Schit, S C ^b   Ramamurthy, K ^b  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PLASTICS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

SISAL-FIBER COMPOSITES;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0033725503     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(00)00083-X     Document Type: Article

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