Improvement of mechanical properties of long jute fiber reinforced polylactide prepared by injection molding process

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 138, Issue , 2010, Pages 181-188

  Fujiura, T ^a   Okamoto, T ^b   Tanaka, T ^b   Imaida, Y ^b  

^a KOBE STEEL LTD   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

jute; long fiber reinforced thermoplastic (LFT); mechanical properties; moisture content; molecular weight; natural plant fibers; polylactide (PLA)

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEHYDRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLASTIC; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS;

EID: 78449289081     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/DN100161     Document Type: Article

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