Corn gluten meal as a biodegradable matrix material in wood fibre reinforced composites

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 412, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 7-11

  Beg, M D H ^a   Pickering, K L ^a   Weal, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodegradable matrix; Corn gluten meal; Coupling agent; Plasticizer; Wood fibre

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BIODEGRADATION; CROPS; EXTRUSION; INJECTION MOLDING; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PLASTICIZERS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; SOFTWOODS; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIODEGRADABLE MATRIX MATERIAL; CORN GLUTEN MEAL; HYBRID MATRIX COMPOSITES; WOOD FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBER-REINFORCED MATERIAL;

BIODEGRADABILITY; CALORIMETRY; CORN; COUPLING AGENTS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; EXTRUSION; GLUTEN; HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTION MOLDING; PINUS RADIATA; PLASTICIZERS; POLYPROPYLENE; REINFORCED PLASTIC; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTS; WOOD FIBERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 28844487461     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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