Hemp fibers/polypropylene composites by reactive compounding: Improvement of physical properties promoted by selective coupling chemistry

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1988-1995

  Rachini, A ^a   Mougin, G ^b   Delalande, S ^c   Charmeau, J Y ^a   Barres C ^a   Fleury, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b AFT Plasturgie   (France)

^c CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bio based composites; Hemp fibers; Organosilanes; Polypropylene; Reactive compounding; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALIZED; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ORGANOSILANES; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMERIC MATRICES; REACTIVE COMPOUNDING; REACTIVE EXTRUSIONS; RECYCLABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE COUPLING; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL SENSITIVITY; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES; VINYLTRIMETHOXYSILANES; WATER UPTAKE;

COUPLING AGENTS; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PYROLYSIS; SILANES; SILICON; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES; HEMP; NATURAL FIBERS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE; SILANES; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER REPELLENCE;

EID: 84865639158     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.03.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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