Morphology, dimensional stability and mechanical properties of polypropylene-wood flour composites with and without nanoclay

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 341-350

  Khanjanzadeh, Hossein ^a   Tabarsa, Taghi ^a   Shakeri, Alireza ^b  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

dimensional stability; mechanical properties; melt compounding; scanning electron micrograph; wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

CLAY LAYERS; D-SPACING; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MELT-COMPOUNDING; MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; NANO CLAYS; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; POST-CONSUMER; RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE; REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

ANATOMY; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; POLYPROPYLENE; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84857566357     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684412438793     Document Type: Article

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