Development of PLA/cellulosic fiber composite foams using injection molding: Crystallization and foaming behaviors

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 130-139

  Ding, Weidan ^a   Jahani, Davoud ^a   Chang, Eunse ^a   Alemdar, Ayse ^b   Park, Chul B ^a   Sain, Mohini ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

A. Biocomposite; B. Thermal properties; E. Foaming; E. Injection moulding

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIBERS; FOAMS; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; MOLDING; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIO-COMPOSITES; CO-ROTATING TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; E.INJECTION MOULDING; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARDS; MICROCELLULAR STRUCTURES; NORTHERN BLEACHED SOFTWOOD KRAFT; WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 84958857207     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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