Biodegradation of aliphatic polyester composites reinforced by abaca fiber

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 401-409

  Teramoto, Naozumi ^a   Urata, Kohei ^a   Ozawa, Koichi ^a   Shibata, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Composite; Fibers; Polyesters

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ABACA FIBERS; ALIPHATIC POLYESTER COMPOSITES; BIOCOMPOSITES;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 5644227698     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.04.026     Document Type: Article

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