Effect of organoclay platelets on the mechanical properties of wood-plastic composites formulated with virgin and recycled polypropylene

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 207-212

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

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

^b GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Injection moulding; mechanical properties; organoclay; wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; IMPACT PROPERTY; MELT-COMPOUNDING; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY PARTICLES; RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; XRD ANALYSIS;

INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; PLATELETS; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; POLYPROPYLENE; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84859339039     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480272.2011.606915     Document Type: Article

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