Rice straw fiber-reinforced high-density polyethylene composite: Effect of fiber type and loading

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Yao, Fei ^a   Wu, Qinglin ^a   Lei, Yong ^a   Xu, Yanjun ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Dynamic mechanical analysis; Fiber loading; Fiber type; Fiber reinforced composites; Rice straw; Virgin and recycled polyethylene; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIBER LOADING; FIBER TYPE;

NATURAL FIBERS;

CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; RICE; STRAW; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

NATURAL FIBERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; COOLING; COUPLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FILLING MATERIAL; MATRIX; MOLDING; NATURAL FIBER; POLYETHYLENE; STRENGTH;

EID: 43849110560     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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