The effect of soil burial degradation of oil palm trunk fiber-filled recycled polypropylene composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1653-1663

  Abdul Khalil, H P S ^a   Poh, B T ^a   Jawaid, M ^a   Ridzuan, R ^b   Suriana, R ^c   Said, M R ^d   Ahmad, F ^e   Nik Fuad, N A ^f  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB)   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

^e SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^f SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodegradation effect; Mass loss; Mechanical properties; Oil palm trunk (OPT); Recycled polypropylene composites

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; CONTROL SAMPLES; EXPOSURE-TIME; FIBER-MATRIX BONDING; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; MASS LOSS; OIL PALM; RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE; RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES; SEM ANALYSIS; SOIL BURIAL DEGRADATION; SOIL BURIAL TEST;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; RECYCLING; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77953005670     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684409102939     Document Type: Article

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