Accelerated weathering of wood-polypropylene composites containing minerals

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2087-2094

  Butylina, Svetlana ^a   Hyvärinen, Marko ^a   Kärki, Timo ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

A. Hybrid; B. Surface properties; D. Electron microscopy; E. Extrusion

Indexed keywords

A. HYBRID; ACCELERATED WEATHERING; COLOUR CHANGE; E. EXTRUSION; LIGNIN CONTENTS; MINERAL FILLER; POLYMER SURFACE LAYERS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SURFACE LAYERS; THICKNESS SWELLING; UV IRRADIATION; WOOD FIBRE;

COLOR; FILLERS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; TALC; THERMOPLASTICS; WEATHERING;

WOOD;

COLOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRUSION; FILLERS; POLYPROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TALC; THERMOPLASTICS; WEATHERING; WOOD;

EID: 84865529149     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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