Formation and properties of nanocomposites made up from solid aspen wood, melamine-urea-formaldehyde, and clay

Holzforschung

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-154

  Cai, Xiaolin ^a,b   Riedl, Bernard ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a,b   Wan, Hui ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

hardness; melamine urea formaldehyde resin; nanofillers; solid wood; wood polymer composites

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015101301     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2007.027     Document Type: Article

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