Density and water absorption of sugarcane bagasse-filled poly(vinyl chloride) composites

Polymers and Polymer Composites

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 659-664

  Wirawan, Riza ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Yunus, Robiah ^a   Abdan, Khalina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bagasse; Composite; Density; Thickness swelling; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FIBERS; FILLERS; HOT PRESSING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

FIBRE CONTENT; FILLER LOADING; INTERNAL MIXERS; SUGAR-CANE BAGASSE; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; THICKNESS SWELLING; WATER IMMERSION TESTS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84866554327     PISSN: 09673911     EISSN: 14782391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096739111202000710     Document Type: Article

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