Effects of the accelerated freeze-thaw cycling on physical and mechanical properties of wood flour-recycled thermoplastic composites

Polymer Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-194

  Adhikary, Kamal Babu ^a   Pang, Shusheng ^a   Staiger, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTROL SAMPLES; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION ENTHALPY; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FRACTURED SURFACES; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZE-THAW CYCLING; INTERFACE BONDING; INTERFACE MICROSTRUCTURES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PINUS RADIATA; PLASTIC COMPOSITES; PRESS MOLDING; RADIATA PINE; RECYCLED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SURFACE COLORS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; THICKNESS SWELLING; WATER IMMERSION; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

BENDING STRENGTH; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ELASTOMERS; FORESTRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THAWING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

BEND STRENGTH; CALORIMETRY; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ELASTOMERS; FORESTRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICITY; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THAWING; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 77249103623     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: 15480569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.20782     Document Type: Article

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