Mechanical and thermal properties of polymer composite based on natural fibers: Moroccan hemp fibers/polypropylene

Materials and Design

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-208

  Elkhaoulani, A ^b   Arrakhiz, F Z ^a   Benmoussa, K ^a   Bouhfid, R ^a   Qaiss, A ^a  

^a Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science   (Morocco)

^b Arabishe Deutsch Akademie für Wissertschaft und Technologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BUTENES; COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTIC MODULI; ETHYLENE; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STYRENE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BINARY COMPOSITES; CELLULOSIC FIBERS; FIBER CONTENTS; FIBER/MATRIX ADHESIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIES; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; SEBS-G-MA; SURFACE COMPONENTS; THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; TORSIONAL TESTS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ADHESION; BUTENES; COMPOSITES; COPOLYMERS; COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; GRAVIMETRY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84874776215     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.01.063     Document Type: Article

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