Extraction and characterization of natural cellulose fibers from common milkweed stems

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2212-2217

  Reddy, Narendra ^a   Yang, Yiqi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ELONGATION; NATURAL FIBERS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

CELLULOSE CONTENT; COMPOSITION STRUCTURE; LOW CRYSTALLINITY; LOWER DENSITY; NATURAL CELLULOSE FIBERS; STRENGTH AND ELONGATIONS; STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES;

COTTON;

CELLULOSE; COTTON; ELONGATION; FLAX; LINEN; STEMS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

EID: 70350230189     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21469     Document Type: Article

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