Effect of chemical treatment on rice husk (RH) reinforced polyethylene (PE) composites

BioResources

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 854-869

  Rahman, Md Rezaur ^a   Islam, Md Nazrul ^a   Huque, Md Monimul ^a   Hamdan, Sinin ^b   Ahmed, Abu Saleh ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Injection moulding; Mechanical properties; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC MEDIA; ALKALINE MEDIA; DIAZONIUM SALTS; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; FILLER LOADING; INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES; INJECTION MOULDING; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MATRIX; MIXING RATIOS; NEUTRAL MEDIA; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); RAW RICE; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; REINFORCED POLYETHYLENE; RICE HUSK; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDER; TEST SPECIMENS;

ALKALINITY; BENZENE; FILLERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77956071913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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