The morphological, mechanical and physical properties of wood flour-poly lactic acid composites under various filler types

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 555-563

  Febrianto, Fauzi ^a   Yoshioka, Mariko ^b   Nagai, Yuko ^b   Tahir, Paridah M D ^c   Syafii, Wasrin ^a   Shiraishi, Nobuo ^b  

^a BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cellulose powder; Compatibilizer; Composites; Corn starch; Poly lactic acid; Wood flour

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; FILLER; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYLACTIC ACID; STARCH; WATER;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; FLOUR; MOISTURE; MORPHOLOGY; POWDER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER IMMERSION; WOOD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745749406     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.555.563     Document Type: Article

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