Effects of hot water treatment of raw bark, coupling agent, and lubricants on properties of bark/HDPE composites

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-56

  Ngueho Yemele, Martin Claude ^a   Koubaa, Ahmed ^b   Cloutier, Alain ^c   Soulounganga, Patrice ^c   Stevanovic, Tatjana ^c   Wolcott, Michael P ^d  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark HPDE composites; Coupling agent; Extrusion; High density polyethylene (HDPE); Lubricants; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BARK FIBER; BLACK SPRUCE; DRY WEIGHT; HOT WATER; HOT WATER TREATMENT; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TENSILE STRENGTH PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; TREMBLING ASPEN;

COUPLING AGENTS; EXTRUSION; LUBRICANTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; WATER;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

BARK; COMPOSITE; CONIFEROUS TREE; HEATING; LUBRICANT; POLYMER; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84861981153     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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