Bioplastics and Vegetal Fiber Reinforced Bioplastics for Automotive Applications

Handbook of Bioplastics and Biocomposites Engineering Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 397-449

  Rusu, Daniela ^a,b   Boyer, Séverine A E ^a,b   Lacrampe, Marie France ^a,b   Krawczak, Patricia ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

Author keywords

Automotive applications; Biocomposites; Bioplastics; Epoxy; Natural vegetal fibers; Polyamides; Polylactic acid; Polyolefins; Polyurethanes; Processing; Recycling; Thermoplastic starch; Unsaturated polyesters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886978612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118203699.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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