Evaluation of cotton byproducts as fillers for poly(lactic acid) and low density polyethylene

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-134

  Sutivisedsak, N ^a   Cheng, H N ^b   Dowd, M K ^b   Selling, G W ^a   Biswas, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Composites; Cotton burr; Cottonseed hull; Filler; Low density polyethylene; Poly(lactic acid)

Indexed keywords

COTTONSEED HULL; MELT BLENDING; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLYLACTIC ACIDS; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BLENDING; BYPRODUCTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COTTON; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EXTRUSION; LACTIC ACID; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; OILSEEDS; POLYETHYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

FILLERS;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE; COTTON; ETHYLENE; HULL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROPUS;

EID: 80053353486     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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