Thermomechanical properties of the silanized-kenaf/polystyrene composites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 657-664

  Xu, Y ^a   Kawata, S ^a   Hosoi, K ^a   Kawai, T ^a   Kuroda, S ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical properties; Interfacial interaction; Kenaf fiber; Polymer composites; Polymeric coupling agent

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349847688     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.82     Document Type: Article

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