Modification of Wood Flour Surfaces by Esterification with Acid Chlorides: Use in HDPE/Wood Flour Composites

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 16, Issue 7-9, 2009, Pages 671-686

  Zhang, Yongcheng ^a   Xue, Yibin ^c,d   Toghiani, Hossein ^b   Zhang, Jilei ^a   Pittman Jr , Charles U ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical surface modification; Esterification; Hdpe composites; Wood flour

Indexed keywords

ACID CHLORIDES; CHEMICAL SURFACE MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE FRACTURE SURFACES; ESTER GROUPS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; HDPE COMPOSITE; HYDROPHOBIC LAYERS; MALEATED POLYPROPYLENES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; MODIFIED WOOD; MOLE FRACTION; OH GROUP; PLASTIC MATRICES; SEM; WATER UPTAKE; WOOD FIBER; WOOD FLOUR;

ACIDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; ETHERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; SURFACE TREATMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; ETHERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER REPELLENCE; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 72749084615     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/092764409X12477420906296     Document Type: Article

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