Investigation of the water absorption in polyamide and wood plastic composite by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Polymer Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-215

  Jordens C ^a   Wietzke, S ^a   Scheller, M ^a   Koch, M ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polymer composite materials; Polymer physics; Terahertz spectroscopy; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; BOUND WATERS; CONTACT LESS; DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOUR; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIALS; POLYMER PHYSICS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; REFLECTOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SORPTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

COMPOSITES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MOISTURE CONTENT; POLYMERS; REFLECTOMETERS; REFRACTIVITY; WATER ABSORPTION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 75749115081     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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