The preparation and characterization of esterified banana trunk Fibers/Poly(vinyl alcohol) blend film

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1378-1384

  Sathasivam, Kathiresan ^a   Haris, Mas Rosemal Hakim Mas ^b   Noorsal, Kartini ^c  

^a AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c Advanced Materials Research Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Banana trunk fibers; Composite; Esterified; Poly vinyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

BANANA TRUNK FIBERS; BLEND FILMS; CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; DEGREE OF SWELLING; ESTERIFIED; FTIR; INFRA RED; LOW COSTS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS; SEM; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; TENSILE TESTS; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; VINYLALCOHOL;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FATTY ACIDS; FIBERS; FILM PREPARATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FRUITS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 77958468760     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.512324     Document Type: Article

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