A review on composite materials based on recycled thermoplastics and glass fibres

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Scelsi, L ^a   Hodzic, A ^a   Soutis, C ^a   Hayes, S A ^a   Rajendran, S ^a   AlMa'adeed, M A ^b   Kahraman, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Glass fibre; Mechanical properties; Mixed plastic waste; Plastics recycling; Polymer blends; Recycled polymer composites

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; CONSISTENT SETS; GLASS FIBRES; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LOW QUALITIES; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MIXED PLASTIC WASTE; PLASTIC WASTES; PLASTICS RECYCLING; PLASTICS WASTE; RECYCLATES; RECYCLED POLYMER; RECYCLED PRODUCTS; RECYCLING RATE; ROBUST METHODS;

ELASTOMERS; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYMER BLENDS; RECYCLING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79251517753     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: 17432898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328911X12940139029121     Document Type: Review

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