Use of recycled plastics in wood plastic composites - A review

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1898-1905

  Kazemi Najafi, Saeed ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Degradation; Physical and mechanical properties; Waste and recycled plastics; Wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RECYCLED PLASTICS; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

PLASTIC; THERMOPLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOOD PLASTIC;

COMPOSITE; DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLASTIC WASTE; RECYCLING;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW KINETICS; MELTING POINT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WETTABILITY;

DEGRADATION; ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; RECYCLING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84881374485     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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