Performance of slash pine fibers in fiber cement products

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Morton, J H ^a   Cooke, T ^c   Akers, S A S ^b  

^a Buckeye Technologies   (United States)

^b Yoorooga ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Yoorooga   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellulose fibers; Cementitious composites; Fiber cement; Pinus elliottii; Slash pine

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING TEST; CELLULOSE FIBER; CELLULOSIC FIBERS; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; FIBER CEMENTS; FIBER STRENGTH; IN-FIBER; KRAFT PULPING; LOW WATER; MIX DESIGNS; MODULUS OF RUPTURE; PINE TREES; PLANT TRIALS; STRENGTH RETENTION; WOOD FIBER;

CELLULOSE; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; KRAFT PROCESS; TESTING; TEXTILE FIBERS; WATER ABSORPTION;

CEMENTS;

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FIBERS; CEMENT; COMPOSITES; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FIBERS; KRAFT PULPING; PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS ELLIOTTII; TESTING; TEXTILE FIBERS; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 71549119785     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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