Mechanical and biodegradation performance of short natural fibre polyhydroxybutyrate composites

Polymer Testing

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1603-1611

  Gunning, Michael A ^a   Geever, Luke M ^a   Killion, John A ^a   Lyons, John G ^a   Higginbotham, Clement L ^a  

^a Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Damage mechanics; Extrusion and injection moulding; Mechanical properties; Optical microscopy; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION PERFORMANCE; DAMAGE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; RATE OF BIODEGRADATIONS; REGENERATED CELLULOSE; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSTING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EXTRUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TEXTILE FIBERS;

BIODEGRADATION;

COMPOSITES; COMPOSTING; DAMAGE; EXTRUSION; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILE FIBERS;

EID: 84888113283     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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