Influence of the degree of retting of flax fibers on the tensile properties of single fibers and short fiber/polypropylene composites

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 755-767

  Martin, Nicolas ^a,c   Mouret, Nicolas ^c   Davies, Peter ^b   Baley, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Van Robaeys Frères   (France)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Dew retting; Flax fibers; Injection molding; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS; CRITICAL PARAMETER; DEW-RETTING; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FLAX FIBER; SINGLE FIBER; WATER SORPTION; X-RAY MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FLAX; INJECTION MOLDING; LINEN; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; YARN;

FIBERS;

ALKENE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARAMETERIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPOSITES; FLAX; INJECTION MOLDING; LINEN; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTERS;

EID: 84880606490     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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