Helium gas barrier and water absorption behavior of bamboo fiber reinforced recycled polypropylene

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 1638-1651

  Boukehili, H ^a   Nguyen Tri, P ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bamboo fibers; helium gas permeability; recycled polypropylene

Indexed keywords

ALKALI SOLUTIONS; BAMBOO FIBERS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; COMPOSITE FORMULATIONS; DIFFUSIVITY COEFFICIENT; FIBER CONTENTS; HELIUM GAS; HELIUM GAS PERMEABILITY; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; KINETICS AND MECHANISM; POOR ADHESION; RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE; WATER ABSORPTION BEHAVIOR; WATER ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES;

BAMBOO; GAS GENERATORS; GAS PERMEABILITY; HELIUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RECYCLING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIBERS;

EID: 84868670688     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684412464090     Document Type: Article

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