Bio-composites based on polypropylene reinforced with Almond Shells particles: Mechanical and thermal properties

Materials and Design

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 225-230

  Essabir, H ^a,b   Nekhlaoui, S ^c   Malha, M ^c   Bensalah, M O ^c   Arrakhiz, F Z ^a   Qaiss, A ^a   Bouhfid, R ^a  

^a Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science   (Morocco)

^b IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Mechanical testing; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ELASTIC MODULI; EXTRUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL TESTING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; RHEOLOGY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TENSILE TESTING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE COMPATIBILIZER; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENE; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES;

PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

EID: 84877334729     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.04.031     Document Type: Article

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