A plant fiber reinforced polymer composite prepared by a twin-screw extruder

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1246-1251

  Sui, G ^a,b   Fuqua, M A ^a   Ulven, C A ^a   Zhong, W H ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composites; Crystallization; Flexural properties; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AGGLOMERATION; BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXTRUDERS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS EXTRUDERS; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTILE FIBERS;

A PLANTS; COMPOSITES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED CLAYS; PLANT FIBERS; PP MATRIXES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SCREW EXTRUDERS; SUNFLOWER; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLEXURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUNFLOWER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

ELASTICITY; HELIANTHUS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; SEEDS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGGLOMERATION; BEND STRENGTH; COMPOSITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXTRUDERS; PLASTICS; POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTILE FIBERS;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 55549088875     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.03.065     Document Type: Article

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