Development of hemp fiber reinforced polypropylene composites

Textiles For Sustainable Development

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 189-198

  Hargitai, Hajnalka ^a   Rácz, Ilona ^a   Anandjiwala, Rajesh ^b  

^a BAY ZOLTÁN NONPROFIT LTD FOR APPLIED RESEARCH   (Hungary)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hemp fiber reinforced polypropylene; Mechanical properties; Nonwoven mat; Water sorption kinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885546324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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