Degradation of compressive properties of pultruded kenaf fiber reinforced composites after immersion in various solutions

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4960-4964

  Nosbi, Norlin ^a   Akil, Hazizan Md ^a   Mohd Ishak, Z A ^a   Abu Bakar, A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; COMPRESSION PROPERTIES; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DISTILLED WATER; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACES; MOISTURE CONTENT VALUES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TIME INTERVAL; UNSATURATED POLYESTER; WATER ABSORPTION BEHAVIOR; WATER UPTAKE;

DIFFUSION; FIBERS; HEMP; KENAF FIBERS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PULTRUSION; SEAWATER; WATER CONTENT;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ACIDIFICATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION CONSTANT; FIBERS; HEMP; KENAF; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEA WATER; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 77954145360     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.04.037     Document Type: Article

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