LDPE-wood composites utilizing degraded LDPE as compatibilizer

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-88

  Ndlovu, S S ^a,b   Van Reenen, A J ^b   Luyt, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); A. Wood; B. Fibre matrix bond; B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

B. FIBRE-MATRIX BOND; MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION; MODIFIED COMPOSITES; NUCLEATING EFFECT; POLYETHYLENE CHAINS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); SMOOTH SURFACE; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

COMPATIBILIZERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84877783803     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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