Improving the color stability of wood-plastic composites through fiber pre-treatment

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-278

  Stark, Nicole M ^a   Mueller, Scott A ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Extractives; Pigments; Weathering; Wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLORING; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INJECTION MOLDING; PIGMENTS; POLYMER MATRIX; WEATHERING;

COLOR FADE; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COLOR; COLORING; COMPOSITES; EXTRACTIVES; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; INJECTION MOLDING; PIGMENT; STAIN; WASHING; WEATHERING; WOOD FLOUR;

EID: 44449105041     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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