Morphology, mechanical properties, and dimensional stability of wood particle/high density polyethylene composites: Effect of removal of wood cell wall composition

Materials and Design

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 339-345

  Ou, Rongxian ^a,b   Xie, Yanjun ^a   Wolcott, Michael P ^b   Sui, Shujuan ^a   Wang, Qingwen ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall composition; Interfacial adhesion; Mechanical properties; Water resistance; Wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; CELLULOSE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; IMPACT STRENGTH; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CELL WALL COMPOSITION; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MALEATED POLYETHYLENES; POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; WATER-RESISTANCES; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

BIOMECHANICS;

CELLULOSE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER RESISTANCE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84896889690     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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