Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of Kevlar fiber-reinforced wood flour/HDPE composites

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Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 4547-4565

  Ou, Rongxian ^a   Guo, Chuigen ^a   Xie, Yanjun ^a   Wang, Qingwen ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High density polyethylene; Kevlar fiber; Non isothermal crystallization; Wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

AVRAMI ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZABILITY; CRYSTALLIZATION PEAK TEMPERATURES; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; EFFECTIVE ACTIVATION ENERGY; KEVLAR FIBERS; KISSINGER; NON-ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; NUCLEATING AGENTS; OZAWA ANALYSIS; REFLECTION PLANE; THEORETICAL MODELS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARAMIDE FIBERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTHERMAL PROCESS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; POLYPROPYLENE; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84863081380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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