Tensile properties of alkalised jute fibres

BioResources

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 566-588

  Mwaikambo, Leonard Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Fibres; Jute fibre; Mechanical properties; Natural fibre; Structure property relations; Swelling

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE CONTENT; CRYSTALLINE REGIONS; CRYSTALLINITY INDEX; FIBRE STRUCTURE; FIBRES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; JUTE FIBRE; NATURAL FIBRE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SMOOTH SURFACE; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; JUTE FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

BRITTLENESS; FIBERS; JUTE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; SWELLING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS;

EID: 77950490075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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