Microcellular foamed wood-plastic composites by different processes: A review

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-127

  Faruk, Omar ^a,b   Bledzki, Andrzej K ^a   Matuana, Laurent M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Compression molding; Extrusion; Foamed wood plastic composites; Foaming agent; Injection molding; Mechanical properties; Microcellular foaming; Odor concentration; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BLOWING AGENTS; COMPRESSION MOLDING; CONTOUR FOLLOWERS; EXTRUSION; FILLERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PLASTICS; STIFFNESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CELL MORPHOLOGY; FOAMED WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES; MICROCELLULAR FOAMING; ODOR CONCENTRATION; POLYMER COMPOSITES;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

PLASTICS; STIFFNESS; WOOD FIBERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 34347204036     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: 14392054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200600406     Document Type: Article

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