Cotton linter nano-fibers as the potential reinforcing agent for guar gum

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 869-879

  Karande, V S ^a   Bharimalla, A K ^b   Vigneshwaran, N ^b   Kadam, P G ^a   Mhaske, S T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ICAR CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COTTON TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cotton linter; Cotton linter nano fibers; Crystallinity; Guar gum; Tensile strength; Water vapor transmission rate

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COTTON; CRYSTALLINITY; FILM PREPARATION; MELTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSIONS; TRANSPARENCY; WATER VAPOR;

COTTON LINTERS; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; GUAR GUMS; PERCENTAGE ELONGATION; PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES; REINFORCING AGENT; TRANSPARENCY PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

COTTON; CRYSTALLINITY; LINTERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84919911601     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 17355265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13726-014-0283-2     Document Type: Article

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