Long-term water uptake behavior of natural fiber/polypropylene composites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2199-2203

  Tajvidi, Mehdi ^a   Najafi, Saeed Kazemi ^b   Moteei, Nazanin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Composites; Diffusion; Natural fibers; Polypropylene; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; NATURAL FIBERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION VALUES; NEWSPRINT FIBERS; WATER DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

COMPOSITE; DIFFUSION; INJECTION MOLDING; NATURAL FIBER; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 33644554190     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.21892     Document Type: Article

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