Effect of mercerization of flax fibers on wheat flour/flax fiber biocomposite with respect to thermal and tensile properties

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 15, Issue 7-9, 2008, Pages 759-770

  Gopalakrishnan, Preetha ^a   Saiah, Redouan ^a,b   Gattin, Richard ^b   Saiter, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b Lab de Genie des Mat de l'Aliment   (France)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Flax fiber; Mercerization; Sem; Tga

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPOSITE; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; ECO-FRIENDLY; EXTRUSION PROCESS; FIBER COMPOSITION; FIBER SURFACE TREATMENTS; FIBER TREATMENT; FLAX FIBER; MATRIX; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; SEM; TGA; THERMAL AND TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; WHEAT FLOURS;

CONTACT ANGLE; FILLERS; FLAX; HIGH ENERGY FORMING; LINEN; MERCERIZATION; PLASTICIZERS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; YARN;

FIBERS;

CONTACT ANGLE; FIBERS; FILLERS; FLAX; GRAVIMETRY; LINEN; MERCERIZATION; PLASTICIZERS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; YARN;

EID: 62949188532     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855408786778348     Document Type: Article

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