Behavior of kenaf fibers after immersion in several water conditions

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 950-960

  Nosbi, Norlin ^a   Akil, Hazizan Md ^a   Mohd Ishak, Z A ^a   Abu Bakar, A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fiber bundle test; Kenaf fiber; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION VALUES; ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; DISTILLED WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FIBER BUNDLE TESTS; IMMERSION TIME; LONG-TERM IMMERSIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM; TEST RESULTS; WATER CONDITIONS;

DEGRADATION; FIBERS; HEMP; SEAWATER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

KENAF FIBERS;

BEHAVIOR; DEGRADATION; FIBERS; HEMP; KENAF; ROUGHNESS; SEA WATER; SURFACES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

HIBISCUS CANNABINUS;

EID: 79953737362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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