Tea mill waste fibers filled thermoplastic composites: The effects of plastic type and fiber loading

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 833-844

  Dönmez Çavdar, Ayfer ^a   Kalaycioǧlu, Hülya ^a   Mengeloǧlu, Fatih ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

composite; high density polyethylene; polypropylene; tea mill waste fiber

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; EXTRUDATES; FIBER LOADINGS; FILLED THERMOPLASTICS; FLEXURAL MODULUS; HIGH DENSITY; IMPACT PROPERTY; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FILLER; SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDER; TEA MILL WASTE FIBER; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES; THICKNESS SWELLING; WASTE FIBERS;

BENDING STRENGTH; FIBERS; FILLERS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 80055091845     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684411408752     Document Type: Article

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