- Author
- Rizvi, G. M. | Park, C. B. | Guo, G.
- Title
- Strategies for Processing Wood Plastic Composites With Chemical Blowing Agents.
- Coporate
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology Oshawa Ontario, Canada L1H 7K4 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G8
- Journal
- Journal of Cellular Plastics, Vol. 44, No. 2, 125-137, March 2008
- Keywords
- wood | plastics | blowing agents | composite materials | structures | emissions | drying | high temperature | decomposition | size distribution
- Identifiers
- biofibers; foam extrusion; cellular structure; wood-flour/plastic composites (WPC); wood-flour (WF); chemical constitutents of wood; reducing volatile emissions; drying or devolatilizing at higher temperatures; increased residence time during drying/devolatilizing stage; Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); properties of the chemical blowing agents