Investigation of chemically treated longitudinally oriented snake grass fiber-reinforced isophthallic polyester composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 1698-1714

  Sathishkumar, T P ^a   Navaneethakrishnan, P ^a   Shankar, S ^a   Rajasekar, R ^a  

^a KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Longitudinal fiber composite; mechanical properties; polymer matrix composites; scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL CHLORIDES; CHEMICAL SURFACE MODIFICATION; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LONGITUDINAL FIBERS; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; SNAKE GRASS FIBERS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POTASSIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

EID: 84889004381     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684413495321     Document Type: Article

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