Effects of raw materials on the properties of wood fiber-polyethylene composites-Part 3: Effect of a compatibilizer and wood adhesive on the interfacial adhesion of wood/plastic composites

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 66-72

  Hwang, Chin Yin ^a   Hse, Chung Yun ^b   Shupe, Todd F ^c,d  

^a TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (PL) PROPERTIES; ADHESIVE FAILURES; APPLIED (CO); BIRCH WOOD; COHESIVE FAILURES; COMPATIBILIZER; CONTROL GROUP (CON); FIBER PULL OUT; FOREST PRODUCTS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH (IFSS); ISO(THIO)CYANATE; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (LLDPE); LOW DENSITY; LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT (LMW); MALEATED POLYPROPYLENES; PLASTIC MATRICES; POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENE (PP); SINGLE-FIBER PULL-OUT TEST; SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE; TREATED WOOD; UREA FORMALDEHYDE (UF); WOOD ADHESIVES; WOOD FIBERS; WOOD THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES;

ALDEHYDES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CHEMICALS; FIBER OPTICS; FORMALDEHYDE; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; POLYOLEFINS; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; RAW MATERIALS; SHEARING MACHINES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; UREA; WEIGHT CONTROL; WOOD; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

ADHESIVES; ALDEHYDES; COMPOSITES; FIBER OPTICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOLS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYOLEFINS; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYUREAS; RAW MATERIALS; SHEAR STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD; WOOD FIBERS;

EID: 45849112212     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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