Recent development of flax fibres and their reinforced composites based on different polymeric matrices

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5171-5198

  Zhu, Jinchun ^a   Zhu, Huijun ^a   Njuguna, James ^b   Abhyankar, Hrushikesh ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flax composites; Mechanical properties; Modifications

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; MODIFICATIONS; PEROXIDE TREATMENT; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC MATRICES; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SILANE TREATMENT;

FIBERS; FLAX; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; YARN;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 84888772071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6115171     Document Type: Article

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