Tensile and impact properties of three-component PP/wood/elastomer composites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-236

  Keledi, G ^a,b   Sudár, A ^a,b   Burgstaller, Ch ^c   Renner, K ^a,b   Móczó, J ^a,b   Pukánszky, B ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^c Upper Austrian Research GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Composite structure; Damage mechanism; Impact modification; Interfacial adhesion; PP wood composites

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MECHANISM; FIBER FRACTURE; FUNCTIONALIZED; IMPACT MODIFICATION; IMPACT MODIFIERS; INSTRUMENTED IMPACT TEST; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; MICRO-MECHANICAL DEFORMATIONS; POOR ADHESION; PULL-OUT; TENSILE AND IMPACT PROPERTIES; TENSILE BAR; THREE-COMPONENT; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WOOD CONTENT; WOOD FLOUR;

ADHESION; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STIFFNESS;

WOOD;

ADHESION; COMPOSITES; DAMAGE; DEFORMATION; ELASTOMERS; FRACTURE; POLYPROPYLENE; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

EID: 84855379517     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.25     Document Type: Article

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