Effects of ethylene vinyl acetate content on physical and mechanical properties of wood-plastic composites

BioResources

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2916-2932

  Li, Dongfang ^a   Li, Jianzhang ^a   Hu, Xiaohong ^a   Li, Li ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ethylene vinyl acetate; Mechanical properties; Physical properties; Thermogravimetric analysis; Wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; FTIR ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES TEST; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THICKNESS SWELLING; WATER UPTAKE; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

CAPILLARY FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WATER HARDNESS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAVIMETRY; HARDNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WATER; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POPULUS;

EID: 84865780571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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