Chopped industrial hemp fiber reinforced cellulosic plastic biocomposites: Thermomechanical and morphological properties

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 4883-4888

  Wibowo, Arief C ^a   Mohanty, Amar K ^b   Misra, Manjusri ^a   Drzal, Lawrence T ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; ESTERS; INJECTION MOLDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOSOURCED POLYMERS; CELLULOSE ACETATE BUTYRATE PLASTIC (CABP); POWDER IMPREGNATION;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

BIOPOLYMER; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE ACETATE; CITRIC ACID; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; POLYPROPYLENE;

COMPOSITE;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; HEMP FIBER; MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 3543073549     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie030873c     Document Type: Article

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