Utilisation of pineapple leaf waste for plastic reinforcement: 1. A novel extraction method for short pineapple leaf fiber

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Kengkhetkit, Nanthaya ^a   Amornsakchai, Taweechai ^a  

^a Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Natural fiber; Pineapple leaf fiber; Polypropylene composite; Reinforcement; Thermoplastic composite

Indexed keywords

BREAK DOWN; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; COVERING MATERIAL; FIBER BUNDLES; FINE PARTICLES; HIGH QUALITY; HIGHER YIELD; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LONG FIBER; LOW-YIELD; MECHANICAL FORCE; MECHANICAL MILLING; NOVEL EXTRACTION; PINEAPPLE LEAF FIBER; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SCALE-UP; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE;

MECHANICAL ALLOYING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

DIAMETER; ETHYLENE; FRUIT; HERB; INSULATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE;

COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENE; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOPLASTICS;

ANANAS COMOSUS;

EID: 84858848413     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.02.037     Document Type: Article

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