Peter Hornsby

TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructure and mechanical properties of polypropylene composites containing flax and wheat straw fibres are discussed, and 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.

TL;DR: Magnesium hydroxide has all the characteristics required for use as a flame retardant filler and can be made synthetically with high purity and in a range of useful morphologies, responds well to surface modifiers and decomposes endothermically with release of water at temperatures close to those of polymer degradation and high enough to allow incorporation into most polymer types as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of fillers (talc and calcium carbonate) on polypropylene /ammonium polyphosphate/polyamide-6 (PP/APP/PA-6) intumescent system by using mechanical testing, LOI method, cone calorimetry and thermoanalytical techniques.

TL;DR: In this paper, 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.

TL;DR: In this article, two different procedures were compared for the preparation of cellulose nanofibres from flax and microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), and the results showed that cellulose made by microfluidization were orders of magnitude greater than those achieved by acid hydrolysis.