Improvement of physico-mechanical properties of coir-polypropylene biocomposites by fiber chemical treatment

Materials and Design

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 251-257

  Mir, Samia Sultana ^a   Nafsin, Nazia ^a   Hasan, Mahbub ^a,b   Hasan, Najib ^a   Hassan, Azman ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biocomposite; Chemical treatment; Coir; Mechanical properties; Polypropylene; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIO-COMPOSITES; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; COIR; COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC;

LOADING;

CHEMICAL TREATMENT; COIR; COMPOSITES; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84879251816     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.05.062     Document Type: Article

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