Studies on the weathering behavior of glass coir polypropylene composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 925-932

  Sharma, S C ^a   Krishna, M ^a   Narasimhamurthy, H N ^a   Sanjeevamurthy, ^b  

^a R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Coir; Glass fiber; Polypropylene; SEM; UV degradation

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; GLASS FIBERS; MOISTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER ABSORPTION; WEATHERING;

COIRS; GLASS SPECIMENS; THICKNESS SWELLING; UV DEGRADATIONS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 33745033809     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684406063551     Document Type: Article

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