Effects of water immersion-freeze-thaw cycling on the properties of wood-polypropylene composites containing pigments

Pigment and Resin Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 386-392

  Butylina, Svetlana ^a   Martikka, Ossi ^a   Kärki, Timo ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colour change; Physical properties of materials; Pigments; Polypropylene; Residual flexural strength; Thickness swelling; Wood polymer composites

Indexed keywords

COLOUR CHANGE; COMPOSITE FORMULATIONS; DEGREE OF CHANGE; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HEAT STABILITY; INORGANIC PIGMENTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; SURFACE COLOURS; THICKNESS SWELLING; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; UV ABSORPTION; WOOD POLYMER COMPOSITES;

BENDING STRENGTH; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COLOR; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COUPLING AGENTS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; PELLETIZING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PIGMENTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THAWING; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION; WEATHERING; WOOD;

POLYPROPYLENES;

ANATOMY; BEND STRENGTH; COLOR; COMPOSITES; COUPLING AGENTS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; PELLETING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PIGMENT; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THAWING; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 81255197786     PISSN: 03699420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03699421111180536     Document Type: Article

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