Steel vs. plastics: The competition for light-vehicle fuel tanks

JOM

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 22-25

  Alvarado, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b US Steel ^*

^c US Steel   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES; MULTILAYERS; PERFORMANCE; PLASTICS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; STEEL; STEEL TANKS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COATED STEEL FUEL TANKS; LIGHT VEHICLE FUEL TANKS; MULTILAYER TANK TECHNOLOGY; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; PLASTIC FUEL TANKS;

AUTOMOBILE FUEL TANKS;

EID: 0030193446     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03222990     Document Type: Review

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