Investigation on the uniformity of high-density polyethylene/wood fiber composites in a twin-screw extruder

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2081-2089

  Zhang, Jingjing ^a   Park, Chul B ^a,b   Rizvi, Ghaus M ^c   Huang, Hanxiong ^a   Guo, Qingping ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lubricant; Screw configuration; Screw speed; Uniform dispersion; Wood fiber

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTIVE-MIXING; FIBER COMPOSITE; HIGH-DENSITY; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCREW SPEED; SURFACE FINISHES; THERMAL STABILITY; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; UNIFORM DISPERSION; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS; WOOD CONTENT; WOOD FIBER; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

AGGLOMERATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPEED; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

AGGLOMERATION; DISPERSIONS; LUBRICANTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD FIBERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DISPERSION; EXTRUSION; FIBER PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LUBRICANT; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE FIBER; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 67649990300     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.29991     Document Type: Article

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