Lightweight laminate composites made from kenaf and polypropylene fibres

Polymer Testing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-148

  Shibata, Shinichi ^a   Cao, Yong ^a   Fukumoto, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; Flexural modulus; Kenaf; Lightweight; Polypropylene; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; POLYPROPYLENES; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE;

BIOCOMPOSITES; FLEXURAL MODULUS; KENAF; LIGHTWEIGHT;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 33344459522     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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