Thermal degradation, mechanical properties and morphology of wheat straw flour filled recycled thermoplastic composites

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 500-519

  Mengeloglu, Fatih ^a   Karakus, Kadir ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Composites; Coupling agent; Differential scanning calorimetry; High density polyethylene; Polypropylene; Scanning electron microscope; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COUPLING AGENTS; DEBONDING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC RECYCLING; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; RECYCLING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAW; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; FILLED THERMOPLASTICS; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE AND FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES; UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 40849139694     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8010500     Document Type: Article

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