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Title: | Preparation and properties of polypropylene composites reinforced with wheat and flax straw fibres - Part 1: Fibre characterization |
Authors: | Hornsby, PR Hinrichsen, E Tarverdi, K |
Keywords: | Flax;Wheat;Straw fibres;Thermoplastics;Temperature |
Issue Date: | 1997 |
Publisher: | Chapman and Hall |
Citation: | Journal of Materials Science, 32(2), 443-449, 1997 |
Abstract: | The microstructure, thermal and mechanical properties of flax and wheat straw fibres have been examined with a view to using these natural fibres as reinforcing additives for thermoplastics. In this regard, the fibres were characterized prior to incorporation into the polymer, using a range of techniques, including SEM, image analysis, thermogravimetric analysis and micro-mechanical tensile testing, at room and elevated temperatures. The thermal and mechanical properties obtained have been discussed in relation to the measured composition and structural form of the fibres. |
Description: | Copyright @ 1997 Chapman and Hall. This article is the author version of the published article which can be accessed at the link below. |
URI: | http://www.springerlink.com/content/m816qu4q228q8w7j/ http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6014 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018521920738 |
ISSN: | 0022-2461 |
Appears in Collections: | Materials Engineering Wolfson Centre for Sustainable Materials Development and Processing |
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