Tensile behaviours of the coir fibre and related composites after NaOH treatment

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3931-3934

  Gu, Huang ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE ABILITY; ALKALI TREATMENT; COMPOSITE TENSILE STRENGTH; FIBRE TENSILE STRENGTH; MATRIX; NAOH SOLUTIONS; NAOH TREATMENT; STRENGTH LOSS; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR;

FIBERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 67349278039     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.01.035     Document Type: Article

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