The effect of fiber pretreatment and compatibilizer on mechanical and physical properties of flax fiber-polypropylene composites

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-82

  Soleimani, Majid ^a   Tabil, Lope ^a   Panigrahi, Satyanarayan ^a   Opoku, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite; Compression molding; Fiber; Flax; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

BLEACHED FLAXES; COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE FORMULATIONS; FLAX FIBERS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENES; MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MELT FLOW INDICES; MOLDED COMPOSITES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES; PRETREATMENT; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; PRODUCT MASSES; PRODUCT PROPERTIES; SODIUM HYDROXIDES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; EXTRUSION MOLDING; FIBERS; FLAX; LINEN; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING POINT; MOLDING; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; SODIUM; SPINNING (FIBERS); THERMOPLASTICS; YARN;

COMPRESSION MOLDING;

COLOR; COMPOSITE; COMPRESSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MELTING; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EXTRUSION; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING POINT; MOLDING; NATURAL FIBERS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; THERMOPLASTICS; YARN;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 58049200270     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-008-0102-y     Document Type: Article

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