Improved Chemical Retting of Kenaf Fibers

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 618-624

  Parikh, D V ^a   Calamari, T A ^a   Sawhney, A P S ^a   Blanchard, E J ^a   Screen, F J ^a   Warnock, M ^b   Muller, D H ^c   Stryjewski, D D ^c  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CULTIVATION; HARVESTING; NONWOVEN FABRICS; SOUND INSULATION; SYNTHETIC TEXTILE FIBERS; TEXTILE CARDING;

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS;

KENAF FIBERS;

AUTOMOTIVE TEXTILE; CARDING; CHEMICAL; EXTRACTION METHOD; KENAF FIBER; NONWOVEN FABRIC; RETTING;

EID: 0036639904     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750207200709     Document Type: Article

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