Wood-plastics composites with better fire retardancy and durability performance

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1772-1776

  Garcia M ^a   Hidalgo, J ^a   Garmendia, I ^a   Garcia Jaca J ^a  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Wood; Ageing; B. Mechanical properties; B. Physical properties

Indexed keywords

A. WOOD; AGEING; ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE; AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; FIRE RETARDANCY; FIRE RETARDANT; FIRE RETARDED; INDUSTRIAL SAMPLES; LIGHT STABILIZERS; MATRIX; WOOD FIBRE; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES; WOOD-PLASTICS COMPOSITE;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DURABILITY; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; WOOD;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

AGING; ALUMINUM; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DURABILITY; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; WOOD;

EID: 72049117642     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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