Development of continuous process enabling nanofibrillation of pulp and melt compounding

Cellulose

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-210

  Suzuki, Katsuhito ^a   Okumura, Hiroaki ^b   Kitagawa, Kazuo ^c   Sato, Shinji ^d   Nakagaito, Antonio Norio ^e   Yano, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a OJI PAPER CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture   (Japan)

^d Nippon Paper Chemicals Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite; Mechanical properties; Microfibrillated cellulose; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCELLULOSE; NEEDLES; POLYPROPYLENES; PROCESSING; PULP MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNBLEACHED PULP;

HEAT DISTORTION TEMPERATURE; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LOW-TEMPERATURE STABILITY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE POLYPROPYLENES; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (MFC); UNBLEACHED KRAFT PULPS;

KRAFT PULP;

CELLULOSE FIBERS; COMPATIBILITY; ELASTICITY; FIBRILS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PULPS; NEEDLES; POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84872349200     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-012-9843-9     Document Type: Article

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