Effects of wood flour addition and coupling agent content on mechanical properties of recycled polystyrene/wood flour composites

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 821-833

  Poletto, Matheus ^a   Zeni, Mara ^a   Zattera, Ademir J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

coupling agent; mechanical properties; recycled expanded polystyrene; wood flour; wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

CONTACT SURFACE AREA; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; FILLER ADDITION; FILLER LOADING; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC COMPOSITES; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; REINFORCEMENT FILLER; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SHORT FIBER; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

ADHESION; COUPLING AGENTS; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENES; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ADHESION; COMPOSITES; COUPLING AGENTS; FILLERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENE; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84868111339     PISSN: 08927057     EISSN: 15307980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892705711413627     Document Type: Article

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