An innovative wood-fiber composite incorporating nonwoven textile technologies

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Van Dyk, Herman ^a   Peralta, Perry ^a   Peszlen, Ilona ^a   Banks Lee, Pam ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COREMAKING; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; FORMALDEHYDE; HARDWOODS; HOT PRESSING; METABOLISM; NEEDLES; NONWOVEN FABRICS; POLYPROPYLENES; TEXTILES; UREA; UREA FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; WEAVING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BI-COMPONENT FIBERS; LONGITUDINAL TENSILE; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARDS; TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY; THICKNESS DIRECTION; UREA FORMALDEHYDE; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WOOD-FIBER COMPOSITES;

WOOD;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FIBERS; FORMALDEHYDE; HOT PRESSING; INNOVATION; METABOLISM; NEEDLES; NONWOVENS; PUNCHING; TEXTILES; UREA; WEAVING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 78349261264     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-59.11.11     Document Type: Article

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