Effect of fiber length on processing and properties of extruded wood-fiber/HDPE composites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1085-1092

  Migneault, Sébastien ^a   Koubaa, Ahmed ^b   Erchiqui, Fouad ^b   Chaala, Abdelkader ^c   Englund, Karl ^d   Krause, Cornelia ^e   Wolcott, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c Service de Recherche et d'Expertise en Transformation des Produits Forestiers   (Canada)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Fiber length; High density polyethylene; Torque rheometer; Wood plastic composite

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; EXTRUSION; FIBERS; FORMING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PLASTICS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PULP; PULP REFINING; RHEOMETERS; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CHEMITHERMOMECHANICAL PULPS; CURRENT PRODUCTIONS; DIAMETER RATIOS; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER LENGTHS; FIBER QUALITY ANALYZERS; FORMATION PROCESSES; HIGH DENSITIES; IN FIBERS; LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; LONG FIBERS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCES; MELTING PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC COMPOSITES; PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS; TORQUE CHARACTERISTICS; TORQUE RHEOMETER; WATER IMMERSION TESTS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITES; EXTRUSION; FIBER LENGTH; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; REINFORCED PLASTIC; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COMPOSITE; DENSITY; EXTRUSION; FIBER PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NATURAL FIBER; TORQUE;

EID: 55849103529     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.28720     Document Type: Article

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