Comparative mechanical and thermal study of chemically treated and untreated single sugarcane fiber bundle

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-90

  Hossain, Mohammad K ^a   Karim, Mohammad R ^a   Chowdhury, Mahmudur R ^a   Imam, Muhammad A ^a   Hosur, Mahesh ^a   Jeelani, Shaik ^a   Farag, Ramsis ^b  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali treatment; Correction factor; Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR); Natural fiber; Optical Microscopy (OM); Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM); Sugarcane fiber bundle; Tensile property; Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FRACTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OVENS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

ALKALI TREATMENT; CORRECTION FACTORS; FIBER BUNDLES; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRECTION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROSCOPY; MOISTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUGAR CANE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ANATOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRACTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NATURAL FIBERS; OVENS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84899676464     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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