Recycling of end-of-life thermoplastic composite boats

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 406-411

  Otheguy, M E ^a   Gibson, A G ^a   Findon, E ^b   Cripps, R M ^b   Ochoa Mendoza, A ^c   Aguinaco Castro, M T ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BVT Surface Fleet Portsmouth Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boats; Composites; Polypropylene glass; Recycling; Sustainable; Thermoplastic

Indexed keywords

END-OF-LIFE; GLASS RECYCLING; INJECTION MOULDING; RIGID INFLATABLE BOATS; SURFACE FLEET; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; GLASS; LIFEBOATS; RECYCLING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOSETS;

THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 77949438177     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: 17432898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146580109X12540995045642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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