Mechanical and thermal properties of oil palm empty fruit bunch-filled unplasticized poly (vinyl chloride) composites

Polymers and Polymer Composites

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 607-617

  Bakar, A Abu ^a   Hassan, A ^a   Yusof, A F Mohd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Plastics Technology Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BENDING STRENGTH; DEGRADATION; FRUITS; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES (EFB); OIL PALM; UNPLASTICIZED POLYMERS;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

ADDITIVES; BEND STRENGTH; FRUITS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 24144461170     PISSN: 09673911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096739110501300606     Document Type: Article

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