Esparto wool as reinforcement in hybrid polyurethane composite foams

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1641-1648

  Antunes, Marcelo ^a   Cano, Álvaro ^a   Haurie, Laia ^a   Velasco, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Esparto; Foams; Montmorillonite; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

CELL SIZE; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; COLLAPSE STRESS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPRESSIVE ELASTIC MODULUS; ESPARTO; MONTMORILLONITE CLAY; NANO-SIZED CLAY; OPEN-CELL; POLYURETHANE COMPOSITES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; RELATIVE DENSITY; TWO-MATERIALS; VARIABLE CONCENTRATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CLAY MINERALS; ELASTIC MODULI; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WOOL; YARN;

FOAMS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENSITY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FOAM; GRASS; MONTMORILLONITE; PLANT PRODUCT; POLYMER; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 79960456996     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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