A practical testing procedure for durability studies of resilient floor coverings

Wear

Volumn 258, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 826-834

  Kuisma, R ^a   Redsven, I ^a   Pesonen Leinonen, E ^a   Sjoberg A M ^a   Hautala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Floor coverings; Mass loss; Profilometry; Wearing

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; COATINGS; CODES (STANDARDS); CORRELATION METHODS; FLOORS; SAND; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FLOOD COVERINGS; STANDARD ABRASIVE TEST EN 660-2; WEARING MECHANISMS;

DURABILITY;

WEAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 12344288505     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2004.09.068     Document Type: Article

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