An investigation of epoxidised linseed oil as an alternative to PVC in flooring applications

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-319

  Carter, D T ^a,b   Stansfield, N ^a   Mantle, R J ^a   France, C M ^b   Smith, P A ^b  

^a InterfaceFLOR   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooring; Linseed oil; Polyvinylchloride; Wear

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CURING; DRYING; DRYING OILS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; STANDARDS; VEGETABLE OILS;

CROSS LINKERS; EMBODIED ENERGY; FLOORING; FLOORING INDUSTRY; FLOORING MATERIALS; FLOORING PRODUCTS; LINSEED OIL; LINSEED OILS; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; PVC PRODUCTS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SOME APPLICATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; WEAR;

FLOORS;

FLOOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECYCLING; VEGETABLE OIL;

CROSS LINKING AGENT; OIL; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; REUSABILITY;

EID: 49849083909     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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