Effect of drying and rewetting cycles on the structure and physicochemical characteristics of softwood fibres for reinforcement of cementitious composites

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-205

  Claramunt, J ^a   Ardanuy, M ^a   Garcia Hortal J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cement mortar composites; Hornification; Softwood pulps; Thermal decomposition

Indexed keywords

BLEACHED SOFTWOOD PULPS; CELLULOSIC FIBRE; CEMENT MORTAR COMPOSITES; CEMENT MORTARS; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; COTTON LINTERS; CRYSTALLINITY INDEX; HORNIFICATION; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NATURAL FIBRE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RE-WETTING; SOFTWOOD PULPS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMAL STABILITY; WATER RETENTION VALUE;

BLEACHING; CEMENTS; CLEANING; COTTON; DEWATERING; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MORTAR; OXYGEN; PHOTORESISTS; PLASTER; PYROLYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SOFTWOODS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FIBERS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 70349884304     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.07.057     Document Type: Article

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