Moisture sorption in artificially aged wood-plastic composites

BioResources

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1283-1293

  Segerholm, B Kristoffer ^a,b   Ibach, Rebecca E ^c   Wålinder, Magnus E P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Artificial ageing; Diffusion; High density polyethylene; Moisture sorption; Scanning electron microscopy; Wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATED WOOD; ARTIFICIAL AGEING; ARTIFICIAL WEATHERING; BIOLOGICAL ATTACK; BROWN-ROT DECAY; COMPOSITE SURFACE; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE PROPERTIES; MOISTURE SORPTION; OUTDOOR EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); SORPTION RATE; SWELLING AND SHRINKAGES; UV DEGRADATION; WATER SOAKING; WHITE ROT; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

ACETYLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSION; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION; THERMOPLASTICS; WEATHERING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

MOISTURE;

ACETYLATION; AGING; CLIMATES; DIFFUSION; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; MOISTURE CONTENT; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION; THERMOPLASTICS; WEATHERING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84859024330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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