Effect of alkali and silane treatment on the thermal stability of hemp fibers as reinforcement in composite structures

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 415-417, Issue , 2012, Pages 666-670

  Lu, Na ^a   Bhogaiah, Shubhashini Mysore ^a   Ferguson, Ian ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Hemp fiber; Surface modification; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ALKALI TREATMENT; CHEMICAL TREATMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; HIGH SPECIFIC STRENGTH; LOW COSTS; LOW DENSITY; NATURAL FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS; REINFORCING COMPONENTS; SILANE TREATMENT; SODIUM HYDROXIDES;

CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HEMP; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

HEMP FIBERS;

COMPOSITES; FIBERS; GRAVIMETRY; HEMP; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84255194091     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.415-417.666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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