Effects of Rice Hull Particle Size and Content on the Mechanical Properties and Visual Appearance of Wood Plastic Composites Prepared from Poly(vinyl chloride)

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-117

  Petchwattana, Nawadon ^a   Covavisaruch, Sirijutaratana ^b  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Rice hull; Wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE DECKING; LARGER PARTICLE SIZES; MILLED RICE; PVC MATRICES; RICE HULLS; ULTIMATE STRENGTH; VISUAL APPEARANCE; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES; WPC DECKING;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISUALIZATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IMPACT STRENGTH; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RICE HULLS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84872575068     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(13)60205-X     Document Type: Article

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