Contributions of polystyrene to the mechanical properties of blended mixture of old newspaper and wood pulp

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 417-421

  Nassar, M A ^a   Abdelwahab, N A ^a   Elhalawany, N R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Composites; Grafted polystyrene; Old newsprint; Wood pulp

Indexed keywords

COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PULP; NEWSPRINT; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD;

BENZOYL PEROXIDES; BUTYL METHACRYLATES; COMPOSITES; ETHYL METHACRYLATES; GRAFTED COPOLYMERS; GRAFTED POLYMERS; GRAFTED POLYSTYRENE; MELT-COMPOUNDING; MODULUS OF ELASTICITIES; OLD NEWSPAPERS; OLD NEWSPRINT; POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS; RECYCLED NEWSPAPERS; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE POLYSTYRENES; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER UPTAKES; WOOD PULP;

POLYMER BLENDS;

ACRYLONITRILE; CALORIMETRY; COMPOSITES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PULPS; NEWSPAPERS; POLYSTYRENE; PULPS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD WASTE;

EID: 62949124214     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.11.039     Document Type: Article

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