Influence of varying fiber lengths on mechanical, thermal, and morphological properties of MA-g-PP compatibilized and chemically modified short pineapple leaf fiber reinforced polypropylene composites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3750-3756

  Chattopadhyay, Sanjay K ^a   Khandal, R K ^a   Uppaluri, Ramagopal ^b   Ghoshal, Aloke K ^b  

^a SHRIRAM INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Composites; Mechanical properties; Morphology; Poly(propylene) (PP); Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; COMPOSITES; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER LOADINGS; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; IMPACT PROPERTY; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; LOW COSTS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENE; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PINEAPPLE LEAF FIBER; POLY(PROPYLENE) (PP); THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VICAT SOFTENING TEMPERATURE;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; PROPYLENE; PUMPING PLANTS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBERS;

FIBER LENGTH; FIBER ORIENTATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE; GRAFTING; MORPHOLOGY; PINEAPPLE LEAF FIBER; POLYPROPYLENE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 67649494495     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.30252     Document Type: Article

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