Affecting glass fibre surfaces and composite properties by two stage sizing application

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 798-808

  Zhuang, R C ^a   Burghardt, T ^b   Plonka, R ^a   Liu, J W ^a   Mader E ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b Johns Manville Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass fibre; Mechanical properties; Polymer composites; Polypropylene; Sizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549252434     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.96     Document Type: Article

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