Effect of surface modification of beech wood flour on mechanical and thermal properties of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)/wood flour composites

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 565-570

  Gregorova, Adriana ^a   Wimmer, Rupert ^b   Hrabalova, Marta ^a   Koller, Martin ^c   Ters, Thomas ^a   Mundigler, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; Composites; Mechanical properties; Thermal properties; Wood flour

Indexed keywords

BEECH WOOD; BIODEGRADABLE FILM; BIOPOLYESTER; COMPOSITES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HYDROTHERMAL PRETREATMENT; HYDROTHERMALLY; INTERFACE ADHESION; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE); POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SURFACE MODIFIERS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD FLOUR COMPOSITES;

ACIDS; ADHESION; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL TESTING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMER FILMS; SODIUM; STEARIC ACID; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ACIDS; BIODEGRADABILITY; COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; STEARIC ACID; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FAGUS;

EID: 68849095437     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.098     Document Type: Article

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