Influence of chemical treatment on the tensile properties of kenaf fiber reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1032-1040

  El Shekeil, Y A ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Khalina, A ^a   Zainudin, E S ^a   Al Shuja'a, O M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b THAMAR UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

FTIR; Kenaf fibers; pMDI chemical treatment; Polymer composites; Thermoplastic polyurethane

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS; FTIR; H-BONDING; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMERIC METHYLENE DIPHENYL DIISOCYANATE (PMDI); REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS; TENSILE FRACTURES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KENAF FIBERS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYURETHANES;

CHEMICAL TREATMENT; COMPOSITES; FIBERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KENAF; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 84867266031     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.108     Document Type: Article

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