Recycling of PP-based sandwich panels with continuous fiber composite skins

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 731-745

  Corvaglia, Paolo ^a   Passaro, Alessandra ^a   Manni, Orazio ^a   Barone, Luigi ^a   Maffezzoli, Alfonso ^b  

^a Cittadella della Ricerca   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mechanical recycling; Polypropylene; Sandwich; Thermoplastic composite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXTRUDERS; GLASS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN;

MECHANICAL RECYCLING; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 33750168064     PISSN: 08927057     EISSN: 15307980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892705706067918     Document Type: Article

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