A study of the effect of acetylation and propionylation on the interface of natural fibre biodegradable composites

Advanced Composites Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Tserki, V ^a   Panayiotou, C ^a   Zafeiropoulos, N E ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ASPECT RATIO; BIODEGRADATION; FLAX; GLASS FIBERS; NATURAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYPROPYLENES; RANDOM ERRORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES; FIBER LENGTH; FRAGMENTATION; PROPIONYLATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 21844443346     PISSN: 09636935     EISSN: 2633366X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096369350501400202     Document Type: Article

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