Wood plastic composites from agro-waste materials: Analysis of mechanical properties

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2525-2528

  Nourbakhsh, Amir ^a   Ashori, Alireza ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agro waste materials; Calcium carbonate; Fiber loading; Injection molding; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OILSEEDS; REINFORCEMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CORN STALK; FIBER LOADINGS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; INTERFACE BONDS; TENSILE AND FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; WOOD FIBER; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

WOOD;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PLASTIC;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COMPOSITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLEXURE; PLASTIC; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CORN; NONHUMAN; OILSEED; PLANT FIBER; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REED; TENSILE STRENGTH; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; POLLUTION; WOOD;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLDS; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; REINFORCEMENT; WASTES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; PLASTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WASTE PRODUCTS; WOOD;

EID: 77951217330     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.11.040     Document Type: Article

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