Fiber pretreatment and its effects on wood fiber reinforced polypropylene composites

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-307

  Beg, M D H ^a   Pickering, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alkali treatment; Composite; Coupling agent; Environmentally friendly; Extrusion; Injection molding; Interfacial bonding; Lignin; Maleated polypropylene; Polypropylene; Scanning electron micrographs; Thermogravimatric analysis; Thermoplastic matrix; Wood fiber

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALKALI TREATMENT; COUPLING AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MALEATED POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX;

NATURAL FIBERS;

COMPOSITES; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYPROPYLENE; WOOD FIBERS;

EID: 33645759314     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910500464750     Document Type: Article

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