Structure and properties of phase-change materials based on high-density polyethylene, hard Fischer-Tropsch paraffin wax, and wood flour

Polymer Composites

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1155-1163

  Mngomezulu, M E ^a   Luyt, A S ^a   Krupa, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; FILLER DISPERSION; FISCHER TROPSCH; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MATRIX; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; THERMO-MECHANICAL; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WATER ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; WATER UPTAKE; WAX CONTENT; WAX DISPERSIONS; WOOD FLOUR; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE);

DISPERSIONS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT; WOOD PRODUCTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENES; VISCOELASTICITY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

ALKANES; DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE CONTENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION; WAX; WOOD PRODUCTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILLERS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; PARAFFIN WAX; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING; WOOD FLOUR;

EID: 79960562296     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: 15480569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.21134     Document Type: Article

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