Hot water extracted wood fiber for production of wood plastic composites (WPCs)

Holzforschung

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-200

  Pelaez Samaniego, Manuel Raul ^b,c   Yadama, Vikram ^a   Lowell, Eini ^d   Amidon, Thomas E ^e   Chaffee, Timothy L ^f  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry   (United States)

^f Ashland Hercules Water Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Hot water extraction; Hygroscopicity; Wood plastic composites (WPC)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DIFFUSION CONSTANT; HOT WATER; HOT WATER EXTRACTION; HYGROSCOPICITY; PONDEROSA PINES; PRODUCTION OF; THICKNESS SWELLING; WOOD FIBER; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; EXTRUSION; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

DEGRADATION; EXTRUSION; HYGROSCOPICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; POLYPROPYLENE; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84873896858     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hf-2012-0071     Document Type: Article

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