Green composites an introduction

Green Composites from Natural Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Thakur, Vijay K ^a,b   Thakur, Manju K ^c   Gupta, Raju K ^d   Prasanth, Raghavan ^a,e   Kessler, Michael R ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^e Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA LEVEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; GREEN COMPOSITES; GREEN MATERIALS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; LIVING CONDITIONS; LIVING ORGANISMS; PETROLEUM RESOURCES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 85054605647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b16076     Document Type: Chapter

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