Effect of Alkali Treatment on the Properties of Century Fiber

Journal of Natural Fibers

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 282-296

  Reddy, K Obi ^a   Reddy, K Raja Narender ^b   Zhang, Jun ^c   Zhang, Jinming ^c   Varada Rajulu, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^d SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agave americana; Century fiber; chemical analysis; mechanical properties; morphology; thermal properties

Indexed keywords

AGAVE AMERICANA; ALKALI TREATMENT; BIO-COMPOSITES; CRYSTALLINITIES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NAOH SOLUTIONS; STRENGTH AND ELONGATIONS; SURFACE-ROUGHENING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84884335661     PISSN: 15440478     EISSN: 1544046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15440478.2013.800812     Document Type: Article

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