The effect of alkali pretreatment on mechanical and morphological properties of tropical wood polymer composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 419-424

  Saiful Islam, Md ^a   Hamdan, Sinin ^a   Jusoh, I ^a   Rezaur Rahman, Md ^a   Ahmed, Abu Saleh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

E. Mechanical; G. Scanning electron microscopy; G. X ray analysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALI PRETREATMENT; CELLULOSE FIBRES; E. MECHANICAL; G. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; MECHANICAL TESTS; METHYL METHACRYLATES; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MONOMER MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; RUBBERWOOD; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; TROPICAL WOOD; VINYL MONOMERS; WOOD FIBRE; WOOD POLYMER COMPOSITES; WOOD SPECIMENS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ESTERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXTURES; MONOMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; STYRENE;

WOOD;

ALBIZZIA; ALSTONIA; COMPOSITES; ENDOSPERMUM; ESTERS; MIXTURES; MONOMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STYRENE; WOOD;

EID: 80053960995     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.04.044     Document Type: Article

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