Improving the bonding between henequen fibers and high density polyethylene using atmospheric pressure ethylene-plasma treatments

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 491-504

  Aguilar Rios, A ^a   Herrera Franco, P J ^a   de Martinez Gomez A J ^b   Valadez Gonzalez A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Atmospheric dielectric barrier discharge; HDPE; Henequen fiber; IFSS

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL BONDS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ETHYLENE; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; POLYMER FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HENEQUEN FIBERS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); IFSS; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; PHOTOACOUSTIC FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; TENSILE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FIBER BONDING;

EID: 84899739356     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2014.53     Document Type: Article

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