Lignin as additive in polypropylene/coir composites: Thermal, mechanical and morphological properties

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2563-2568

  Morandim Giannetti, Andréia A ^a   Agnelli, Joś Augusto M ^b   Lanças, Bruno Z ^a   Magnabosco, Rodrigo ^a   Casarin, Suzan A ^b   Bettini, Sílvia H P ^b  

^a CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DA FEI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coir fiber; Composites; Lignin; Polypropylene; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIGNIN; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ACETOSOLV; COIR FIBERS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENE; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION INDUCTION; PP-G-MA; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; TORQUE RHEOMETER;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ADDITIVES; CALORIMETRY; COIR; COMPOSITES; GRAVIMETRY; LIGNINS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYPROPYLENE; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84865660728     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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