Effect of chemical and physical foaming additives on the properties of PP/wood flour composites

Polymer Testing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 640-646

  Soares, Franciela Arenhart ^a   Nachtigall, Sônia Marlí Bohrz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Density; Electron microscopy; Foams; Mechanical properties; Natural fibers; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FOAMING AGENT; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOURS; DENSITY REDUCTION; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL FOAMING; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CARBONATES; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOAMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

CARBONATES; COMPOSITES; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOAM; GRAVIMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; TENSILE TESTS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876502956     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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