Dynamic mechanical analysis of novel composites from commingled polypropylene fiber and banana fiber

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 384-395

  Paul, Sherely Annie ^a   Sinturel, Christoph ^b   Joseph, Kuruvilla ^c   Mathew, G D Gem ^d   Pothan, Laly A ^a   Thomas, Sabu ^e  

^a BISHOP MOORE COLLEGE   (India)

^b University of Chemical Science   (France)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d ST THOMAS COLLEGE   (India)

^e MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; LOADING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

BANANA FIBRES; DAMPING FACTORS; FIBER LOADINGS; FIBER SURFACE TREATMENTS; FIBRE COMPOSITES; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE TG; LOADING SURFACE; LOSS MODULI; POLYPROPYLENE MATRIX; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 77249160734     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21522     Document Type: Article

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