Influence of fiber surface treatment and length on physico-chemical properties of short random banana fiber-reinforced castor oil polyurethane composites

Polymer Testing

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 833-840

  Merlini, Claudia ^a   Soldi, Valdir ^a   Barra, Guilherme M O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaline treatment; Banana fibers; Polymeric composites; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE TREATMENT; BANANA FIBERS; CASTOR OIL; CHEMICAL CHANGE; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; ECO-FRIENDLY; FIBER COMPOSITE; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER SURFACE; FIBER SURFACE TREATMENTS; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; FOURIER; FT-IR SPECTRUM; FTIR; FTIR SPECTROMETRY; HAND LAY-UP; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; NON-RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT FIBERS; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; POLYURETHANE COMPOSITES; POLYURETHANE MATRIX; PULL-OUT TEST; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPRESSION MOLDING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRUITS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE TREATMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TITRATION; VEGETABLE OILS; VOLUME FRACTION;

FIBERS;

ALKALI TREATMENT; BANANA FIBERS; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION MOLDING; ELASTICITY; FRUITS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; VEGETABLE OIL;

EID: 80052137680     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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