Effects of extrusion on fibre length in sisal fibre-reinforced polypropylene composites

International Journal of Modern Physics B

Volumn 20, Issue 25-27, 2006, Pages 4607-4612

  Pathi, Sridhar ^a   Jayaraman, Krishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Fibre degradation; Fibre length reduction; Image analysis; Natural fibre reinforced composites; Screwless extrusion; Sisal polypropylene composites; Soxhlet process

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751275741     PISSN: 02179792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0217979206041768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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