Processing/structure/property relationships for artificial wood made from stretched PP/wood-fiber composites

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1608-1613

  Kim, Y S ^a   Guo, G ^a   Wang, K H ^a   Park, C B ^a   Maine, F W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PSA Composites Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composites; Die Drawing; Orientation; Wood fiber

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; EXTRUSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; POLYPROPYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ARTIFICIAL WOOD; LOW-TEMPERATURE EXTRUSION; POLYMER MATRIX INTERFACE;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 2442488032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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