Effects of the chemical foaming agents, injection parameters, and melt-flow index on the microstructure and mechanical properties of microcellular injection-molded wood-fiber/polypropylene composites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1090-1096

  Bledzki, Andrzej K ^a   Faruk, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composites; Fibers; Foams; Injection molding; Mechanical properties; Poly(propylene) (PP)

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FOAMS; INJECTION MOLDING; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYPROPYLENES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CHEMICAL FOAMING AGENTS; FOAMING; PLASTIC PROFILES; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

POLYMER;

EID: 23844485309     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.21685     Document Type: Article

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