Mechanical and thermal properties of bio-composites based on polypropylene reinforced with Nut-shells of Argan particles

Materials and Design

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 442-448

  Essabir, H ^a   Hilali, E ^a   Elgharad, A ^b   El Minor, H ^a   Imad, A ^c   Elamraoui, A ^b   Al Gaoudi, O ^a  

^a IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Lille Polytechnique   (France)

Author keywords

Composites; Mechanical properties; Polymer matrix; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BUTADIENE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COUPLING AGENTS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STYRENE; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

BIO-COMPOSITES; COMBINED EFFECT; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSES (DTA); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; HOT PRESS; INTERNAL MIXERS; LINEAR BLOCK COPOLYMERS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MELT BLENDING; NUT-SHELLS; PARTICLE CONTENT; PARTICLE LOADING; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; STYRENE AND BUTADIENES; TENSILE SPECIMENS; TENSILE TESTS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

EID: 84874759791     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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