Effect of wood species and coupling agent on mechanical properties of wood flour/hdpe composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1146-1152

  Zabihzadeh, Seyed Majid ^a   Dastoorian, Foroogh ^a   Ebrahimi, Ghanbar ^b  

^a SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compatibilizer; Composite; High density polyethylene; MAPE; Mechanical properties; Wood species

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; FAILURE STRAIN; IMPACT TOUGHNESS; LOBLOLLY PINE; MAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD; POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; TENSILE ENERGY ABSORPTIONS; TENSILE MODULI; WOOD FLOUR;

COUPLING AGENTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; TOUGHNESS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITES; COUPLING AGENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PINUS TAEDA; POLYETHYLENE; POPULUS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; TOUGHNESS; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD SPECIES;

EID: 77953018793     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684409103078     Document Type: Article

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