Modification of oil palm empty fruit bunch fibers by nanoparticle impregnation and alkali treatment

Cellulose

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1477-1490

  Chowdhury, M N K ^a   Beg, M D H ^a   Khan, Maksudur R ^a   Mina, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cationization; Fiber; Mechanical property; Nanoparticles; Weak link scaling

Indexed keywords

CATIONIZATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLE IMPREGNATION; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES (EFB); WEAK LINKS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

DURABILITY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FRUITS; IMPREGNATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; PALM OIL; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIBERS;

DURABILITY; FRUITS; GRAVIMETRY; IMPREGNATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLANT FIBERS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84877623805     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-013-9921-7     Document Type: Article

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