Green waxes, adhesives and lubricants

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1929, 2010, Pages 4869-4890

  Li, W ^a   Kong, X H ^a   Ruan, M ^a   Ma, F M ^a   Jiang, Y F ^a   Liu, M Z ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Zuo, X H ^a  

^a HUBEI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesives; Green materials; Lubricants; Waxes

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GREEN MATERIALS; ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NATURAL PRODUCTS; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS; TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

LUBRICANTS;

EID: 78149300828     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0197     Document Type: Review

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