Evaluation of proposed test methods to determine decay resistance of natural fiber plastic composites

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 95-99

  Lopez, Juan L ^a   Cooper, Paul A ^b,c   Sain, Mohini ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY SUSCEPTIBILITY; FUNGAL DECAY; RICE HUSKS;

FUNGI; HARDWOODS; NATURAL FIBERS; SOFTWOODS; SOILS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES; NATURAL FIBERS; SOFTWOODS;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; FUNGI; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; PHANEROCHAETE; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 30344472665     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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