Untreated and alkali treated fibers from Alfa stem: effect of alkali treatment on structural, morphological and thermal features

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1577-1589

  Borchani, Karama Elfehri ^a,b,c,d   Carrot, Christian ^a,b,c   Jaziri, Mohamed ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Alkali treatment; Morphology; Natural fibers; Structural modification; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; FIBERS; IMPURITIES; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALI TREATMENT; CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINITY INDEX; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; POLYMER REINFORCEMENTS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

NATURAL FIBERS;

EID: 84939984647     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-015-0583-5     Document Type: Article

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