Characterisation of the water absorption, mechanical and thermal properties of recycled cellulose fibre reinforced vinyl-ester eco-nanocomposites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2772-2781

  Alhuthali, A ^a   Low, I M ^a   Dong, C ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Nanoclay platelets (30B); A. Recycled cellulose fibres sheets (RCFs); A. Vinyl ester resin (VER); B. Flexural strength; B. Impact strength

Indexed keywords

A. VINYL-ESTER RESIN (VER); COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; ECO-COMPOSITES; FIBRE-MATRIX ADHESION; FRACTURE SURFACES; LOWER DENSITY; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; NANO CLAYS; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PULL-OUT; RECYCLED CELLULOSE FIBRE; SEM IMAGE; STRENGTH PROPERTY; TOUGHNESS MECHANISMS; VINYL ESTERS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEXTILE FIBERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84864284914     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.04.038     Document Type: Article

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