Pretreatments of natural fibers and their application as reinforcing material in polymer composites-a review

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1253-1272

  Kalia, Susheel ^a   Kaith, B S ^b   Kaur, Inderjeet ^c  

^a Singhania University   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); JUTE FIBERS; MOISTURE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WOOD;

BAMBOO FIBRES; FLAX FIBRES; LOW-COSTS; NATURAL FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PRE-TREATMENTS; PROPERTY; REINFORCING MATERIALS; SISAL FIBERS; SURFACE-MODIFICATION;

ADHESION;

ADHESION; COMPOSITES; COPOLYMERIZATION; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; HEMP; JUTE; MELTING POINT; NATURAL FIBERS; PLASMA; REINFORCED PLASTIC; SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 67651097705     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21328     Document Type: Article

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