Degradation and stability of green composites fabricated from oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber and polylactic acid: Effect of fiber length

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 49, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 3103-3114

  Moshiul Alam, A K M ^a   Beg, M D H ^a   Mina, M F ^b   Mamun, A A ^c   Bledzki, A K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

fiber length; green composites; mechanical property; Polylactic acid; soil burial degradation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; EXTRUSION MOLDING; FABRICATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRUITS; GREEN MANUFACTURING; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PALM OIL; POLYESTERS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH FIBERS; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; GREEN COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; POLY LACTIC ACID; SOIL BURIAL DEGRADATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 84943563328     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998314560219     Document Type: Article

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