Could oleaginous flax fibers be used as reinforcement for polymers?

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1556-1563

  Pillin, Isabelle ^a   Kervoelen, Antoine ^a   Bourmaud, Alain ^a   Goimard, Jérémy ^b   Montrelay, Nicolas ^a   Baley, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b La Messayais   (France)

Author keywords

Agronomic factor; Fiber; Flax; Mechanical properties; Variety

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; FIBERS; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SEED; TENSILE TESTING; YARN;

AGRONOMIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; PLANT HEIGHT; SEEDING RATE; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES; TEXTILE APPLICATIONS; VARIETY;

FLAX;

AGRONOMY; COMPOSITE; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PLANT PRODUCT; POLYMER; REINFORCEMENT; SEEDING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VEGETABLE OIL;

ELECTRA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 79960463221     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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