Degradation of a wood-plastic composite exposed under tropical conditions

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 123-129

  Schauwecker, Christoph ^a,c   Morrell, Jeffrey J ^a,c   McDonald, Armando G ^b,c   Fabiyi, James S ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILODYN PIN; SOIL CONTACTS; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES (WPC);

DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLASTICS; WOOD;

WOOD LAMINATES;

DEGRADATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTRA; LAMINATED WOOD; PLASTICS; WOOD;

FUNGI;

EID: 33846508563     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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