Oil palm fiber reinforced polypropylene composites: Effects of fiber loading and coupling agents on mechanical, thermal, and interfacial properties

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1275-1284

  Ramli, R ^a   Yunus, R M ^a   Beg, M D H ^a   Prasad, D M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

composites; coupling agent; interface; oil palm fiber; thermal properties

Indexed keywords

COVALENT BONDING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIBER COMPOSITE; FIBER COMPOSITION; FIBER CONTENTS; FIBER LOADINGS; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; FIBER SURFACE; FIBER TYPES; FLEXURAL TESTING; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MALEATED POLYPROPYLENES; MELT FLOW INDEX; OH GROUP; OIL PALM BIOMASS; OIL PALM FIBER; TEST SPECIMENS; THERMODYNAMIC SEGREGATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COUPLING AGENTS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FIBERS; IMPACT TESTING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE SEGREGATION; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FIBER BONDING;

COMPOSITES; COUPLING AGENTS; FIBER BONDING; FIBERS; IMPACT TESTS; INTERFACES; LOADING; POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84861800472     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998311417647     Document Type: Article

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