The effect of waste office white paper content and size on the mechanical and thermal properties of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) composites

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 672-677

  Salmah, H ^a   Faisal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Composites; Low density polyethylene; Mechanical properties; Thermal properties; Waste office white paper

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITES; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELONGATION AT BREAK; MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; WHITE PAPERS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); PAPER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITES; DENSITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PAPER; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

COMPOSITE; CRYSTALLINITY; ELONGATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY; THERMAL PROPERTY; THERMAL STABILITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 77953751725     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602551003681812     Document Type: Article

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