Effects of nano-graphene on the physico-mechanical properties of bagasse/polypropylene composites

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 337-349

  Chaharmahali, Majid ^a   Hamzeh, Yahya ^a   Ebrahimi, Ghanbar ^a   Ashori, Alireza ^b   Ghasemi, Ismail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

^c IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bagasse; Coupling agent; Graphene; Mechanical properties; Wood plastic composite

Indexed keywords

BENDING CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NOTCHED IMPACT STRENGTH; PHYSICOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE AND FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

BAGASSE; BENDING STRENGTH; COUPLING AGENTS; GRAPHENE; IMPACT STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84893263269     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-013-1064-3     Document Type: Article

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