Treatment of banana fiber for use in the reinforcement of polymeric matrices

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1065-1073

  Benitez A N ^a   Monzon M D ^a   Angulo, I ^a   Ortega, Z ^a   Hernandez P M ^a   Marrero, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fibers; Mechanical properties; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRUITS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SODIUM; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

BANANA FIBERS; CANARY ISLANDS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PLASTIC MATRICES; POLYMERIC MATRICES; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SATURATION PRESSURE; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; VEGETABLE WASTES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84871597703     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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