A study of surface changes of wood-polypropylene composites as the result of exterior weathering

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-345

  Butylina, Svetlana ^a   Hyvärinen, Marko ^a   Kärki, Timo ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Melting temperature; Natural weathering; Pigment; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

COLOUR CHANGE; COLOUR STABILITY; MELTING TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; NATURAL WEATHERING; OUTDOOR WEATHERING; POLYPROPYLENE DEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SURFACE CHANGES; SURFACE CRACKS; SURFACE LAYERS;

COLOR; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; IMPACT STRENGTH; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PIGMENTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE DEFECTS; THERMOPLASTICS; WEATHERING;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84856282316     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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