Development of novel silk/wool hybrid fibre polypropylene composites

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 277-284

  Rajkumar, Govindaraju ^a   Srinivasan, Jagannathan ^a   Suvitha, Latchupathi ^a  

^a KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Composites; Polypropylene; Silk selvedge waste; Thermal conductivity; Wool fibre

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HYBRID MATERIALS; IMPACT STRENGTH; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER ABSORPTION; WOOL; WOOL FIBERS; YARN;

COMPOSITE SAMPLES; COST EFFECTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADINGS; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; GLASS-EPOXY COMPOSITES; OPTIMUM PROCESS CONDITIONS; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; WATER UPTAKE PROPERTIES;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84878503080     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 17355265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13726-013-0128-4     Document Type: Article

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