Structures and performances of simultaneous ultrasound and alkali treated oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber reinforced poly(lactic acid) composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1921-1929

  Moshiul Alam, A K M ^a   Beg, M D H ^a   Reddy Prasad, D M ^a   Khan, M R ^a   Mina, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; B. Thermal properties; E. Injection molding

Indexed keywords

ALKALI SOLUTIONS; FIBER CONTENTS; FOURIER; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); TREATMENT TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND TREATMENTS;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FRUITS; IMPACT TESTING; INJECTION MOLDING; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84865409962     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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