Accelerated weathering of unbleached and bleached Kraft wood fibre reinforced polypropylene composites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1939-1946

  Beg, M D H ^a   Pickering, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chain scission; Lignin; Natural fibre composites; UV weathering

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CLEANING; COUPLING AGENTS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EROSION; FIBERS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMPACT TESTING; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING; SOIL MECHANICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SULFATE MINERALS; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATED WEATHERING; BEFORE AND AFTER; BLEACHED KRAFT; CHAIN SCISSION; CHAIN SCISSIONS; CRYSTALLINITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (DSC); FIBRE REINFORCED; INJECTION MOULDING; INTERFACIAL BONDING; LIGNIN; MALEATED POLYPROPYLENES; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; REDUCED TENSILE STRENGTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM); THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS (TGA); UV WEATHERING; WEATHERING PERFORMANCE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

WEATHERING;

BLEACHING; ELASTIC STRENGTH; INJECTION MOLDING; KRAFT PAPERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING; WOOD FIBERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 52049118765     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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