Polypropylene composites reinforced with rice straw micro/nano fibrils isolated by high intensity ultrasonication

BioResources

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1487-1497

  Wu, Yan ^a,b   Zhou, Ding Guo ^a   Wang, Si Qun ^a,b   Zhang, Yang ^a  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Fibril; Maleic anhydride polypropylene (MAPP); Polypropylene (PP); Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FIBRIL; HIGH INTENSITY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE POLYPROPYLENES; MAXIMUM VALUES; ORYZA SATIVA; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; RICE STRAWS; TENSILE MODULI; ULTRA-SONICATION;

COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTIC MODULI; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOPLASTICS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77950510253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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