Effect of alkali treatment on interfacial and mechanical properties of coir fiber reinforced poly(butylene succinate) biodegradable composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1648-1656

  Nam, Tran Huu ^a   Ogihara, Shinji ^a   Tung, Nguyen Huy ^b   Kobayashi, Satoshi ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interface interphase; B. Mechanical properties; E. Surface treatments

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); ALKALI TREATMENT; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES; COIR FIBERS; E. SURFACE TREATMENT; FIBER-MATRIX ADHESION; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FRACTURED SURFACES; INTERFACE/INTERPHASES; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; MASS CONTENT; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); ROOM TEMPERATURE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS;

BUTENES; FIBERS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SODIUM; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79960012620     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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