Effect of thermal treatment on properties of ramie fibers

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 303-311

  Yuan, Jian Min ^a   Feng, Yan Rong ^a   He, Li Ping ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Longitudinal thermal deformation; Moisture absorption; Ramie fibers; Thermal stability; Thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; FIBERS; FRACTURE; HEAT TREATMENT; HEMP; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES; CRYSTALLINITIES; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; OXIDATIVE DECOMPOSITION; RAMIE FIBERS; THERMAL DEFORMATION; THERMAL EXPANSION PROPERTIES; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYZER;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84988310699     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2016.09.012     Document Type: Article

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