Natural fiber retting and inorganic nanoparticle impregnation treatment for natural fiber/polymer composites

American Society for Composites - 22nd Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2007 - Composites: Enabling a New Era in Civil Aviation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2192-2210

  Shi, S Q ^a   Lee, S ^a   Horstemeyer, M ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical retting; Impregnation; Kenaf; Nanoparticle; Natural fiber; Wood

Indexed keywords

AIR POCKETS; ALKALI-RETTING; ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AUTOMOTIVE PARTS; CELL WALLS; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; FIBER CROSS SECTION; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS; IN-FIBER; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; INTERFACIAL COMPATIBILITY; IONIC SOLUTIONS; KENAF; KRAFT PULP FIBERS; MICROPORES; MOLAR RATIO; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; TREATMENT METHODS; TREATMENT PROCESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

CIVIL AVIATION; HEMP; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMPREGNATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); KENAF FIBERS; KRAFT PULP; LOADING; MICROPOROSITY; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL FIBERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; WOOD;

ALKALINITY;

EID: 84867795901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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