Mechanical and thermal properties of polypropylene reinforced with Alfa fiber under different chemical treatment

Materials and Design

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 318-322

  Arrakhiz, F Z ^a,b   Elachaby, M ^a,b   Bouhfid, R ^a   Vaudreuil, S ^a   Essassi, M ^a,b   Qaiss, A ^a  

^a Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI TREATMENT; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; FIBER SURFACE; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; MATERIAL SCIENCE; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; PLANT FIBERS; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ESTERS; FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80155161537     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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