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dc.contributor.author | Hornsby, PR | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hinrichsen, E | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tarverdi, K | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-23T17:26:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-11-23T17:26:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Materials Science, 32(4): 1009-1015, 1997 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-2461 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.springerlink.com/content/k6u5140383221444/ | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6015 | - |
dc.description | Copyright @ 1997 Chapman and Hall. This article is the author version of the published article which can be accessed at the link below. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The microstructure and mechanical properties of polypropylene composites containing flax and wheat straw fibres are discussed. Particular emphasis has been given to determining the nature and consequences of fibre damage induced during melt-processing operations, fibre orientation occurring in mouldings, and possible interfacial adhesion between the matrix and fibres. Compared to unfilled polypropylene, addition of flax and wheat straw caused a significant increase in tensile modulus, particularly, in the case of flax fibres, which also gave higher tensile yield strength and Charpy toughness, despite a lack of interfacial bonding. Tensile strength was increased further through inclusion of 5% by weight of maleic anhydride-modified polypropylene, which was shown to promote adhesion between fibres and matrix. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the EPSRC, DTI and Cookson Plantpak Ltd through the LINK Crops for Industrial Use programme. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Chapman and Hall | en_US |
dc.subject | Flax | en_US |
dc.subject | Wheat | en_US |
dc.subject | Straw fibres | en_US |
dc.subject | Melt-processing operations | en_US |
dc.subject | Polypropylene | en_US |
dc.title | Preparation and properties of polypropylene composites reinforced with wheat and flax straw fibres - Part 2: Analysis of composite microstructure and mechanical properties | en_US |
dc.type | Research Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018578322498 | - |
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pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel (Active)/Research Centres | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Research Centres (RG) | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Research Centres (RG)/BIAS | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Research Centres (RG)/WOLFSON | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/School of Health Sciences and Social Care (RG) | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/School of Health Sciences and Social Care (RG)/BIAS | - |
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