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Portuguese term or phrase:
à base de fibra natural de curauá
English translation:
made from natural pineapple leaf fibers
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à base de fibra natural de curauá
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Aos 90 de insolação a elevação foi mais significativa, em torno de 19°C. Esses resultados estão em conformidade com os estudos sobre compósitos poliméricos à base de fibra natural de curauá e em microconcretos geopoliméricos, cujos compostos tiveram significativo aumento da temperatura nas primeiras horas de insolação.
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made from natural pineapple leaf fibers
or: pineapple-leaf-fiber-based polymer composites
or: pineapple-leaf-fiber-reinforced polymer composites
Pineapple Leaf Fibers (PALF) and PALF-Reinforced Polymer Composites
or: pineapple-leaf-fiber-reinforced polymer composites
Pineapple Leaf Fibers (PALF) and PALF-Reinforced Polymer Composites
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based on natural fibres from leaves of the banana/pineapple plant
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Portuguese term (edited):
compósitos poliméricos à base de fibra natural de curauá
natural curaua (Ananas erectifolius) fiber based polymer composites
Babassu coconut oil or this palm tree’s grub’s fat are used to make the wood more pliable. The bowstring is made from curauá, a cultivated bromeliad.
http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/arawete/96
THE new Volkswagen Fox will be launched next year with a new organic fibre roof made from Curaua fibres found in the Bromelia plant native to Brazil, where the car is built.
http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2005/11/22/which-of-these-wo...
http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/arawete/96
THE new Volkswagen Fox will be launched next year with a new organic fibre roof made from Curaua fibres found in the Bromelia plant native to Brazil, where the car is built.
http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2005/11/22/which-of-these-wo...
Discussion
Sharma U (1981) Investigations on the fibers of pineapple [Ananas comosus (L). MERR.] leaves. Carbohydr Res 97:323–329
Bhaduri SK, Sen SK, Dasgupta PC (1983) Structural studies of an acidic polysaccharide isolated from the leaf fibre of pineapple (Ananas comosus MERR). Carbohydr Res 121:211–22