Extraction and Characterization of Novel Lignocellulosic Fibers From Thespesia Lampas Plant

International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-61

  Reddy, K Obi ^a   Ashok, B ^b   Reddy, K Raja Narender ^c   Feng, Y E ^d   Zhang, Jun ^d   Rajulu, A Varada ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^e SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Crystallinity; Morphology; Tensile properties; Thermal stability; thespesia lampas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893909115     PISSN: 1023666X     EISSN: 15635341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023666X.2014.854520     Document Type: Article

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