Preparation and characterization of wheat straw fibers for reinforcing application in injection molded thermoplastic composites

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-272

  Panthapulakkal, S ^a   Zereshkian, A ^a   Sain, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; Chemical pulping; Fiber processing; Mechanical defibrillation; Natural fiber; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPOSITION; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

BIOCOMPOSITES; MECHANICAL DEFIBRILLATION; WHEAT STRAW FIBERS; WHEAT STRAWS;

NATURAL FIBERS;

PLASTIC; PROPYLENE;

FIBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; EVALUATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

MATERIALS TESTING; PLASTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; TRITICUM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PULPING; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENE; THERMOPLASTICS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 24944537063     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.02.043     Document Type: Article

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