Morphological, Physical, and Thermal Properties of Chemically Treated Banana Fiber

Journal of Natural Fibers

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-380

  Ronald Aseer, J ^a   Sankaranarayanasamy, K ^a   Jayabalan, P ^a   Natarajan, R ^b   Priya Dasan, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

banana fiber; bleaching; chemical treatment; morphology; scanning electron microscope; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BANANA FIBERS; CELLULOSE CONTENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; INTERFACIAL STRENGTH; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION METHOD;

BLEACHING; FRUITS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIBERS;

ANATOMY; BANANA FIBERS; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL TREATMENT; FRUITS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84890067193     PISSN: 15440478     EISSN: 1544046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15440478.2013.824848     Document Type: Article

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