Property enhancement of kenaf fiber reinforced composites by in situ aluminum hydroxide impregnation

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 131-136

  Xia, Changlei ^b   Zhang, Shifeng ^a   Shi, Sheldon Q ^b   Cai, Liping ^b   Huang, Jonathan ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Center for Advanced Research and Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum hydroxide; Inorganic nanoparticle impregnation; Kenaf fiber; Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; HEMP; HYDRATED ALUMINA; IMPREGNATION; KENAF FIBERS; MOLDING; NANOPARTICLES; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE IMPREGNATIONS; MODULUS OF RUPTURE; THICKNESS SWELLING; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VACUUM-ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING PROCESS;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

ALUMINUM COMPOUND; COMPOSITE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NANOPARTICLE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HIBISCUS CANNABINUS;

EID: 84951569323     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.11.037     Document Type: Article

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