Prediction of the elastic modulus of wood flour/kenaf fibre/polypropylene hybrid composites

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-278

  Mirbagheri, Jamal ^a   Tajvidi, Mehdi ^a   Ghasemi, Ismaeil ^b   Hermanson, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c Advance Housing Research Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid composites; Kenaf fibre; Modulus of elasticity; Polypropylene; Rule of hybrid mixtures; Wood flour

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; KENAF FIBERS; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

HYBRID COMPOSITES; HYBRID MIXTURES; PARTICULATE REINFORCEMENTS;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

KENAF; POLYPROPYLENE; WOOD FLOUR;

EID: 34547206704     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 10261265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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