Effects of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber on electrical and mechanical properties of conductive filler reinforced polymer composite

BioResources

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 913-928

  Choh, Jing Lang ^a   Ching, Yern Chee ^a   Gan, Seng Neon ^a   Rozali, Shaifulazuar ^a   Julai, Sabariah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Conductive polymer composite; Electrical conductivity; Mechanical properties; Oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; FILLED POLYMERS; FRUITS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PALM OIL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CONDUCTIVE FILLERS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(LDPE); OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH (OPEFB); REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84949921534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.11.1.913-928     Document Type: Article

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