Dynamic mechanical behaviour of banana-pseudostem-filled unplasticised polyvinyl chloride composites

Polymers and Polymer Composites

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Zainudin, E S ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Abdan, K ^a   Mohamad, M T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DAMPING; ELASTIC MODULI; FRUITS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

BANANA PSEUDOSTEM; DAMPING PEAKS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FILLER LOADING; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MODIFIED COMPOSITES; UNPLASTICIZED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (UPVC);

DYNAMICS;

EID: 77952246374     PISSN: 09673911     EISSN: 14782391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096739110901700108     Document Type: Article

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