Novel treated pine needle fiber reinforced polypropylene composites and their characterization

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2343-2355

  Malkapuram, Ramakrishna ^a   Kumar, Vivek ^a   Negi, Yuvraj Singh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

compatibilizer; crystallinity; thermal stability; TPNF PP composites; UL 94

Indexed keywords

2-CATEGORIES; CHAR YIELD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPATIBLIZERS; CRYSTALLINITIES; FIBER LOADINGS; FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; MELTING TEMPERATURES; PINE NEEDLE; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY;

FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LOADING; NEEDLES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOPLASTICS;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 77955363195     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684409348969     Document Type: Article

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