Manufacture of fibrous reinforcements for biocomposites and hemicellulosic oligomers from bamboo

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 278-287

  González, Daniel ^a,b   Santos, Valentín ^a,b   Parajó, Juan Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b CITI Centro de Investigación Transferencia e Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autohydrolysis; Bamboo; Biocomposites; Fibers; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

AUTOHYDROLYSIS; BAMBOO FIBERS; BIOCOMPOSITES; DATA INTERPRETATION; DERIVED MATERIALS; DERIVED PRODUCTS; FIRST-ORDER; IRREVERSIBLE REACTIONS; KINETIC MODELS; LIQUID PHASIS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; POLY LACTIC ACID; POTENTIAL UTILITY; SOLID-PHASE; STRAIN AT BREAK; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE; FIBERS; HYDROLYSIS; OLIGOMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SUGARS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS;

BAMBOO;

EID: 79651475316     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.12.066     Document Type: Article

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