Investigation of physical, chemical and mechanical properties of raw and alkali treated Borassus fruit fiber

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3044-3052

  Boopathi, L ^a,b,c   Sampath, P S ^a,b,c   Mylsamy, K ^a,b,c  

^a ERODE SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b K S R COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^c ADHIYAMAAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

A. Fibers; B. Chemical properties; B. Mechanical properties; B. Physical properties; Scanning Electron Microscope

Indexed keywords

ALKALI TREATMENT; FIBER PROPERTIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; NAOH TREATMENT; NON-TOXICITY; RAW FIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TENSILE FORCES;

BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRUITS; REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

EID: 84866736841     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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