Mechanical and morphological properties of chemically treated coir-filled polypropylene composites

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 10491-10497

  Islam, Md Nazrul ^a   Haque, Md Mominul ^a   Huque, Md Monimul ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINITROPHENYL; FIBER MATRIX; FIBER PULL OUT; FRACTURED SURFACES; IN-FIBER; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MATRIX; MICRO VOIDS; MIXING RATIOS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; SEM; SEM IMAGE; SODIUM PERCHLORATE;

AGGLOMERATION; FIBERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 73249123527     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900824c     Document Type: Article

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