Reprocessing of wood fibre reinforced polypropylene composites. Part II: Hygrothermal ageing and its effects

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1565-1571

  Beg, M D H ^a   Pickering, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A. Natural fibre composites; B. Diffusion; B. Water uptake; E. Reprocessing

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COUPLING AGENTS; FORESTRY; FORMING; IMPACT STRENGTH; INJECTION MOLDING; MOISTURE; MOLDING; PELLETIZING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION; WOOD;

A. NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; B. DIFFUSION; B. WATER UPTAKE; DIFFUSION CO-EFFICIENT; DISTILLED WATER; E. REPROCESSING; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; FAILURE STRAINS; FIBRE REINFORCED; HYGROTHERMAL AGEING; INJECTION MOULDING; MALEATED POLYPROPYLENES; MOISTURE ABSORPTIONS; PINUS RADIATA; POLYPROPYLENE (PP); RADIATA PINE; THERMAL STABILITY; TIME INTERVALS; WATER-UPTAKE; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ABSORPTION; AGING; COMPOSITES; COUPLING AGENTS; DIFFUSION; ELASTIC STRENGTH; EXTRUSION; FIBERS; FORESTRY; INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTICS; POLYPROPYLENE; THERMAL STABILITY; WATER; WATER ABSORPTION; WOOD;

EID: 50049119935     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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