The use of rice straw and husk fibers as reinforcements in composites

Biofiber Reinforcements in Composite Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 385-422

  Bassyouni, M ^a   Waheed Ul Hasan, S ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The Higher Technological Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coupling agent; Fiber surface treatment; Natural fiber; Rice husk; Rice straw; Thermoplastic composite; Thermoset composite

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; COUPLING AGENTS; CULTIVATION; FIBERS; INTEGRATION TESTING; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMOPLASTICS; THERMOSETS; WOOD;

FIBER SURFACE TREATMENTS; RICE HUSK; RICE STRAWS; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; THERMOSET COMPOSITES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84941761463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781782421276.4.385     Document Type: Chapter

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