Mechanical and thermal degradation properties of silk from African wild silkmoths

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 289-297

  Teshome, Addis ^a,b   Onyari, John M ^b   Raina, Suresh K ^a   Kabaru, Jacques M ^b   Vollrath, Fritz ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

degradation; fibers; fracture; thermal properties; yielding

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DEHYDRATION; FRACTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILK; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BREAKING STRAIN; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE SURFACES; INITIAL MODULUS; THERMAL DEGRADATION PROPERTIES; TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELDING;

FIBERS;

DEGRADATION; FIBERS; FRACTURE; GRAVIMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; TENSILE TESTS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85027928582     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.37873     Document Type: Article

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