Utilization of recycled post consumer carpet waste fibers as reinforcement in lightweight cementitious composites

International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 242-248

  Ucar, Mehmet ^a   Wang, Youjiang ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Construction materials; Recycling; Reinforcement; Textile fibres

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961154835     PISSN: 09556222     EISSN: 17585953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09556221111136502     Document Type: Article

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3. Wang, Y. (2006), "Carpet recycling technologies" in Wang, Y. (Ed.), Recycling in Textiles, Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, pp. 58-70.
4. Wang, Y. (2010), "Fiber and textile waste utilization" in Waste and Biomass Valorization, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 135-43.