Thermal degradation of banana pseudo-stem filled unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (UPVC) composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 557-562

  Zainudin, E S ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Abdan, K ^a   Mohamad, M T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Composites:....polymer matrix; A. Natural materials; C. Moulding

Indexed keywords

A. COMPOSITES:....POLYMER MATRIX; A. NATURAL MATERIALS; C. MOULDING; FIBER LOADINGS; RESIN MODIFICATIONS; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMAL STABILITIES; UNPLASTICIZED POLYVINYL CHLORIDES (UPVC);

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RESINS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 57149116150     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.05.060     Document Type: Article

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