Understanding the viscoelastic properties of extruded polypropylene wood plastic composites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1638-1644

  Son, Jungil ^a   Gardner, Douglas J ^a   O'Neill, Shane ^a   Metaxas, Costas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Additives; Nucleating agent

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; EXTRUSION; NUCLEATION; POLYPROPYLENES; VISCOELASTICITY; WOOD;

WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE; POLYPROPYLENE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0038103851     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.12372     Document Type: Article

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