The effects of alkali-silane treatment and filler materials on the tensile and water absorption properties of hemp fibre reinforced polypropylene.

Research was undertaken to determine the effects that multi-walled carbon nanotube and glass flakes have on treated fibre composites. The fibre chosen was initially kenaf fibre to expand on work done by Asumani et al. [1], however, due to a number of complications, the fibre was changed to hemp. The...

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Main Author: Paiken, Lance
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12810