Bamboo composites: Material of the future

Journal of Bamboo and Rattan

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-130

  Bansal, Arun K ^a   Zoolagud, S S ^a  

^a Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute IPIRTI   (India)

Author keywords

Bamboo composites; Bamboo mat board; Board properties; Employment generation; People and environmentally friendly technologies; Wood substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038678053     PISSN: 15691586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156915902760181595     Document Type: Article

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