Optimal substitution of cotton burr and linters in thermoplastic composites

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Bajwa, Sreekala G ^a   Bajwa, Dilpreet S ^b   Holt, Greg ^c  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b Greenland Composites   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FIBERS; HARDNESS; NATURAL FIBERS; SWELLING; THERMAL EXPANSION; WATER ABSORPTION; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COTTON GIN WASTE; LIGNO-CELLULOSICS; LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSIONS; MINERAL FILLER; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTITUTION RATES; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; THICKNESS SWELLING;

COTTON;

BEND STRENGTH; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; COTTON; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; NONWOVENS; SWELLING; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77951728618     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-59.10.40     Document Type: Article

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