Long-term drying behavior, dimension, and weight changes due to moisture cycling in wood-polypropylene composites

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 51-54

  Cheng, Qingzheng ^a   Wang, Jingxin ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLED WATER; DRYING BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE CYCLING; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VOLUME CHANGE; WATER IMMERSION; WEIGHT CHANGE; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEWATERING; SEAWATER; THERMOPLASTICS;

MOISTURE;

EID: 70849097102     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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