Influence of electron beam irradiation and coupling agents on the thermal stability of sugar cane bagasse fiber-thermoplastics scrape composite

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 549-559

  Youssef, H A ^a   Ali, M A M ^a   Ismail, M R ^a   Zahran, A H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bagasse fibers; Coupling agents; Electron beam; TGA; Thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; COUPLING AGENTS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SUGAR CANE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VAPORIZATION;

DICUMYL PEROXIDE; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; PENTAERITHROL TETRAACRYLATE;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BAGASSE; COUPLING AGENTS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SUGAR CANE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VAPORIZATION;

BLENDING; COUPLING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IRRADIATION; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOPLASTIC FIBER; VEGETABLE FIBER;

EID: 34248221081     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550701298663     Document Type: Article

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