Mechanical and thermal properties of coconut shell powder filled polylactic acid biocomposites: Effects of the filler content and silane coupling agent

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Chun, Koay Seong ^a   Husseinsyah, Salmah ^a   Osman, Hakimah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

3 aminopropyltriethoxysilane; Biocomposites; Coconut shell powder; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTIC MODULI; FILLERS; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYESTERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

3-AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; BIO-COMPOSITES; COCONUT SHELL POWDERS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; FILLER-MATRIX INTERACTION; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; POLY LACTIC ACID; SILANE COUPLING AGENT;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 84859895466     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-012-9859-8     Document Type: Article

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