Towards the development of accelerated methods for assessing the durability of wood plastic composites

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-210

  Silva, Antonio ^a   Gartner, Barbara L ^a   Morrell, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown rot; Gloeophyllum trabeum; High density polyethylene; Maple; Pine; Postia placenta; Trametes versicolor; White rot; Wood plastic composite (WPC)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; DURABILITY; FUNGI; MARKETING; MOISTURE; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

BROWN ROT; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; POSTIA PLACENTA; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; WHITE ROT; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE (WPC);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 34247386375     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte100168     Document Type: Article

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