Characterisation of mechanical and thermal properties in flax fabric reinforced geopolymer composites

Journal of Advanced Ceramics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 272-281

  Assaedi, Hasan ^a   Alomayri, Thamer ^a   Shaikh, Faiz U A ^a   Low, It Meng ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

flax fibre; geopolymer composites; mechanical properties; thermal properties

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLAX; FLY ASH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GEOPOLYMERS; INORGANIC POLYMERS; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WEAVING;

FLAX FABRICS; FLAX FIBRES; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FRACTURE SURFACES; GEOPOLYMER COMPOSITES; GEOPOLYMER MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 84973402374     PISSN: 22264108     EISSN: 22278508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40145-015-0161-1     Document Type: Article

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