Olive stones flour as reinforcement in polypropylene composites: A step forward in the valorization of the solid waste from the olive oil industry

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-191

  Naghmouchi, Ilhem ^a   Mutjé, Peré ^b   Boufi, Sami ^a  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Composite; Filler; Olive stones; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COUPLING AGENTS; FILLERS; INJECTION MOLDING; OLIVE OIL; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGRICULTURAL BY-PRODUCTS; BROAD SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FILLER; MALEATED POLYPROPYLENES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; OLIVE STONES; POLYPROPYLENE BASED COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

ABSORBANCE; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LIGNIN; OIL INDUSTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLID WASTE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84988299071     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.11.051     Document Type: Article

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