Effect of alkali treatment on water absorption of single cellulosic abaca fiber

BioResources

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3515-3524

  Ramadevi, Punyamurthy ^a,b   Sampathkumar, Dhanalakshmi ^a,b   Srinivasa, Chikkol Venkteshappa ^c   Bennehalli, Basavaraju ^d  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KLE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c GM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d ALVA S INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Abaca fibers; Chemical treatment; Hydrophobic nature; Moisture absorption; Natural fibers

Indexed keywords

ALKALI TREATMENT; CELLULOSIC FIBERS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; HYDROPHOBIC NATURE; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MATRIX POLYMERS; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; PINE WOODS; POLAR GROUPS; RAW FIBERS;

HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; WOOD;

FIBER BONDING;

CHEMICAL TREATMENT; COMPOSITES; FIBERS; MANILA HEMP; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; WATER REPELLENCE; WOOD;

AGAVE SISALANA; MUSA TEXTILIS;

EID: 84865743294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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