Cell morphology and physico-mechanical properties of HDPE/EVA/Rice hull hybrid foamed composites

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2291-2308

  Hemmasi, Amir Hooman ^a   Khademi Eslam, Habibollah ^a   Pourabbasi, Sara ^a   Ghasemi, Ismail ^b   Talaiepour, Mohammad ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Batch foaming method; Blowing agent; Cell morphology; EVA; Hybrid foamed composites; Rice hull

Indexed keywords

BATCH FOAMING; CELL MORPHOLOGY; EVA; HYBRID FOAMED COMPOSITES; RICE HULLS;

BLOWING AGENTS; CELLS; COMPRESSION MOLDING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 80051565146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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