Mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of water-crosslinked wood flour reinforced linear low-density polyethylene composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1696-1707

  Kuan, Chen Feng ^a,b   Kuan, Hsu Chiang ^a   Ma, Chen Chi M ^a   Huang, Chien Ming ^c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Plastics Industry Development Center Taichung   (Taiwan)

^c HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A. Mechanical properties and morphology; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); A. Wood

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CROSSLINKING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WOOD;

DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMC); WATER CROSSLINKING TREATMENT;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WOOD;

EID: 33748916610     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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