Mechanical and interfacial properties of wood and bio-based thermoplastic composite

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1733-1740

  Sliwa, Fabien ^a,b   El Bounia, Nour eddine ^a   Charrier, Fatima ^b   Marin, Gérard ^b   Malet, Frédéric ^c  

^a Canbio   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c ARKEMA   (France)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interface; B. Mechanical properties; D. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PELLETS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; INTERFACE INTERACTION; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TENSILE TESTS; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WOOD FIBER; WOOD POLYMER COMPOSITES;

AMIDES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSIONS; ETHERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FIBERS;

AMIDES; COMPOSITES; COPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; ELASTOMERS; ETHERS; FIBERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTS; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84865579780     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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