Influence of alkali treatment on internal microstructure and tensile properties of abaca fibers

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-35

  Cai, Ming ^a,b   Takagi, Hitoshi ^b   Nakagaito, Antonio N ^b   Katoh, Masahiro ^b   Ueki, Tomoyuki ^b   Waterhouse, Geoffrey I N ^c   Li, Yan ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abaca fiber; Alkali treatment; Lumen; Tensile properties; Twisting

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ELASTIC MODULI; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; SWELLING; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALI CONCENTRATIONS; ALKALI TREATMENT; BINDING MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; INTERNAL MICROSTRUCTURE; LUMEN; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; TWISTING;

FIBERS;

ALKALINIZATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

MUSA TEXTILIS;

EID: 84949115274     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.11.048     Document Type: Article

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