Effect of ammonium polyphosphate on flame retardancy, thermal stability and mechanical properties of alkali treated kenaf fiber filled PLA biocomposites

Materials and Design

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 425-429

  Shukor, Faseha ^a   Hassan, Azman ^a   Saiful Islam, Md ^a   Mokhtar, Munirah ^a   Hasan, Mahbub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alkali treatment; Ammonium polyphosphate; Biocomposite; Kenaf fiber; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXTRUSION; HEMP; KENAF FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYESTERS; POLYMER BLENDS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ALKALI TREATMENT; AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; BIO-COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION-MOLDING TECHNIQUE; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG); THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FIBERS;

COMPOSITES; EXTRUSION; FIBERS; GRAVIMETRY; HEMP; KENAF; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; POLYESTERS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884134553     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.07.095     Document Type: Article

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