Jute-polypropylene composites using m-TMI-grafted-polypropylene as a coupling agent

Materials and Design

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-117

  Aggarwal, Pankaj K ^a   Raghu, N ^a   Karmarkar, Ajay ^a   Chuahan, Shakti ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE COUPLING; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FILLER CONCENTRATION; FILLER CONTENTS; FTIR; JUTE-POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; NOTCHED IMPACT STRENGTH; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; STIFFNESS PROPERTIES; STRENGTH PROPERTY; TRANSFER OF LOAD;

COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); IMPACT STRENGTH; JUTE FIBERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTICITY; FILLERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMPACT STRENGTH; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; JUTE; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84864112760     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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