A novel approach of manufacturing light-weight composites with polypropylene web and mechanically split cornhusk

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Huda, Shah ^a   Yang, Yiqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression molding; Cornhusk; Laminates; Layered structures; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs)

Indexed keywords

AGRO-WASTES; CORNHUSK; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HOLDING TEMPERATURES; IN-BETWEEN; LAYERED STRUCTURES; LIGHT WEIGHTS; LOWER COSTS; NOVEL METHODS; POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); PROFIT MARGINS; SOUND ABSORPTIONS;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; COMPRESSION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; PUMPING PLANTS; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; CROP RESIDUE; MAIZE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER;

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION MOLDING; CONCENTRATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LAMINATES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENE;

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS;

ABSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE; JUTE BLEND; NATURAL FIBER; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC; WEB;

EID: 67349266208     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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