Development of corn starch based green composites reinforced with Saccharum spontaneum L fiber and graft copolymers - Evaluation of thermal, physico-chemical and mechanical properties

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6843-6851

  Kaith, B S ^a   Jindal, R ^a   Jana, A K ^a   Maiti, M ^a  

^a DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Corn starch; Graft copolymer; Green composites; MMA; Saccharum spontaneum L fiber

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ACRYLICS; BIODEGRADATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CROSSLINKING; ESTERS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGELS; KURCHATOVIUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; STARCH; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEAR RESISTANCE;

CORN STARCH; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; GREEN COMPOSITES; MAXIMUM COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLIC ACID; ACRYLONITRILE; COPOLYMER; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RESORCINOL; STARCH;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GRASS; MAIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPOSTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EVALUATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649904365     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.113     Document Type: Article

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