Barley husk and coconut shell reinforced polypropylene composites: The effect of fibre physical, chemical and surface properties

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 840-846

  Bledzki, Andrzej K ^a   Mamun, Abdullah A ^a   Volk, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b IGV GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Short fibre composites; B. Mechanical properties; D. Infrared spectroscopy; D. Scanning electron microscopy; Grain by products

Indexed keywords

A. SHORT-FIBRE COMPOSITES; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BARLEY HUSK; CHARPY IMPACT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COCONUT SHELLS; D. INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; END-USE PROPERTIES; INJECTION MOULDING; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; WOOD FIBRE;

BYPRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; IMPACT STRENGTH; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

FIBERS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 77950545578     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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