Physicomechanical properties of chemically treated palm fiber reinforced polypropylene composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1734-1742

  Haque, Mominul ^a   Islam, Saiful ^a   Islam, Sakinul ^a   Islam, Nazrul ^a   Huque, Monimul ^a   Hasan, Mahbub ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Chemical treatment; Composite; Palm fiber; Physicomechanical properties; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TREATMENT; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING; DIAZONIUM SALTS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE; FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES; FILLER LOADING; INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; PALM FIBER; PHYSICOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BENZENE; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HARDNESS TESTING; INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952989242     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684409341678     Document Type: Article

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