Evaluation on the effect of wood flour and coupling agent content on the hygroscopic thickness swelling rate of polypropylene composites

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 3055-3065

  Kord, Behzad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coupling agent; Hygroscopic thickness swelling rate; Polypropylene; Swelling model; Wood flour

Indexed keywords

IMMERSION TIME; INTERFACIAL BONDING; INTERNAL MIXERS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MINIMUM THICKNESS; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SATURATION POINT; SWELLING MODEL; SWELLING MODELS; SWELLING RATES; THICKNESS SWELLING; WOOD FLOUR;

COUPLING AGENTS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SWELLING; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER CONTENT;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

COMPOSITES; COUPLING AGENTS; DRIERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLASTICS; POLYPROPYLENE; SWELLING; THERMOPLASTICS; THICKNESS; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 80051556972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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