Studies on the properties of banana fibers-reinforced thermoplastic cassava starch composites: Preliminary results

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 87-88, Issue , 2010, Pages 439-444

  Mo, Xianzhong ^a   Zhong, Yuxiang ^a   Liang, Chunqun ^a   Yu, Shujuan ^a  

^a GUANGXI TEACHERS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Banana fiber; Cassava starch; Composites; Properties; TPS

Indexed keywords

BANANA FIBERS; CASSAVA STARCH; CELLULOSE CRYSTALLINITY; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FIBER CONTENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE TREATMENT; MASS LOSS; MATRIX; REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS; SEM MICROGRAPHS; STARCH CRYSTALLINITY; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH; X-RAY DIFFRACTOGRAMS;

CEMENTS; FIBERS; FRUITS; GLYCEROL; HEAT SHIELDING; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; STARCH; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 75749108571     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.87-88.439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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