The effects of poplar bark and wood content on the mechanical properties of wood-polypropylene composites

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 5180-5192

  Safdari, Vahidreza ^a   Khodadadi, Hamed ^a   Hosseinihashemi, Seyyed Khalil ^a   Ganjian, Esmaiel ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bark flour (fiber); Mechanical strength; Poplar wood; Wood flour (fiber); Wood plastic

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RAW MATERIAL; BARK FIBER; BARK FLOUR (FIBER); CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COUNTER ROTATING; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FIBER STRENGTH; FLEXURAL MODULUS; LOW ASPECT RATIO; MATRIX; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NOTCHED IMPACT STRENGTH; POPLAR TREES; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; TEST SPECIMENS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WOOD CONTENT; WOOD FIBER; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD FLOUR (FIBER); WOOD-PLASTIC; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

ADSORBENTS; ASPECT RATIO; BLENDING; FIBERS; FORESTRY; IMPACT STRENGTH; INJECTION MOLDING; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

ADSORBENTS; FLOUR; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; POLYPROPYLENE; POPULUS; REINFORCED PLASTIC; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POPULUS;

EID: 84856438877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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