Developing and characterizing new materials based on waste plastic and agro-fibre

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4057-4068

  Thamae, Thimothy ^a   Marien, Ryan ^a   Chong, Lisa ^a   Wu, Christina ^a   Baillie, Caroline ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; OPTIMIZATION;

FIBRE LOADING; SEED FLAX;

PLASTICS;

EID: 43949139234     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-008-2495-3     Document Type: Article

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