The flexural, impact and thermal properties of untreated short sugar palm fibre reinforced high impact polystyrene (HIPS) composites

Polymers and Polymer Composites

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 493-502

  Bachtiar, D ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Khalina, A ^a   Zainudin, E S ^a   Dahlan, K Z M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

DMA; Flexural; HIPS; Impact; Moisture; Sugar palm fibre; TGA

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; IMPACT STRENGTH; IMPACT TESTING; MOISTURE; POLYSTYRENES; REINFORCEMENT;

DEGRADATION BEHAVIOURS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FLEXURAL; HIGH IMPACT POLYSTYRENE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT; IMPACT; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864196049     PISSN: 09673911     EISSN: 14782391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096739111202000510     Document Type: Article

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