Effects of chemical modification of wood particles with glutaraldehyde and 1,3-dimethylol-4,5-dihydroxyethyleneurea on properties of the resulting polypropylene composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2003-2011

  Xie, Yanjun ^a,b   Xiao, Zefang ^b   Grüneberg, Timo ^b   Militz, Holger ^b   Hill, Callum A S ^c   Steuernagel, Leif ^d   Mai, Carsten ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Wood; B. Embrittlement; B. Mechanical properties; D. Rheology; E. Cell wall polymer crosslinking

Indexed keywords

A. WOOD; B. EMBRITTLEMENT; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; D. RHEOLOGY; E. CELL WALL POLYMER CROSSLINKING;

ALDEHYDES; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CROSSLINKING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; EMBRITTLEMENT; IMPACT STRENGTH; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; WOOD;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ALDEHYDES; BRITTLENESS; CELLS; CROSS LINKING; DYNAMIC TESTS; ELASTICITY; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; WOOD;

EID: 77956943975     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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