Morphology and mechanical properties of alkalitreated rice straw flour-polypropylene composites

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 4238-4246

  Kalagar, Mehdi ^a   Khademieslam, Habibollah ^a   Bazyar, Behzad ^a   Hejazi, Sahab ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alkali treatment; Flour rice straw; Mechanical properties; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

ALKALI CONCENTRATIONS; ALKALI TREATMENT; FLEXURAL MODULUS; HAAKE MIXER; MATRIX; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; RICE STRAWS; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; TREATMENT TIME;

ADHESION; COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTIC MODULI; IMPACT STRENGTH; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SODIUM; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84856467029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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