Biodegradable green composites reinforced by the fiber recycling from disposable chopsticks

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 527, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1516-1521

  Shih, Yeng Fong ^a   Huang, Chien Chung ^a   Chen, Po Wei ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disposable chopsticks; Green composites; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; COUPLING AGENTS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEAT RESISTANCE; POLYESTERS; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; DISPOSABLE CHOPSTICK; DISPOSABLES; FIBER RECYCLING; GREEN COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL; MODIFIED FIBERS; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER POLYLACTIC ACIDS; SOURCES OF WASTES;

FIBERS;

EID: 75149171033     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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