Photocuring of empty fruit bunches of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) fibers with allyl methacrylate (AMA): Effect of additives on mechanical and degradable properties

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 558-566

  Ashraf, Kayesh M ^a   Ferdous, T J ^a   Mustafa, A I ^a   Khan, Mubarak A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Additives; Empty fruit bunches of oil palm; Natural fiber; Photocuring; Surface modification; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AMIDES; CARBON FIBERS; CURING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DRYING; FIBER OPTICS; FRUIT JUICES; FRUITS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METABOLISM; MOLECULES; MONOMERS; NATURAL FIBERS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADIATION; SOILS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UREA;

(060.2410) FIBERS; (PL) PROPERTIES; ACRYLAMIDE (PAM); ALLYL METHACRYLATE (AMA); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADABLE PROPERTIES; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH (EFB); ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; IN ORDER; INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES; OIL PALM; PHOTOCURING; PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCING FIBERS; UV-CURING; VIRGIN FIBERS; WATER AGEING; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

FIBERS;

ADDITIVES; AMIDES; CARBON FIBERS; CURING; DRYING; FIBER OPTICS; FRUITS; METABOLISM; MOLECULES; MONOMERS; NATURAL FIBERS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UREA;

ADDITIVE; FIBER PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GRAFTING; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MONOMER; NATURAL FIBER; SURFACE MODIFICATION;

EID: 46849104903     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550801946351     Document Type: Article

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