Wood-Plastic Composites

By A. A. Klesov. 2007

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Effects of material compositions on the mechanical properties of wood-plastic composites manufactured by injection molding (2009, background): “Wood–plastic composites (WPCs), defined as thermoplastics reinforced with wood or other natural fibers, are principally produced from commodity thermoplastics such as polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polypropylene (PP) [9].”
Processing and characterization of polyethylene-based composites (2015, background): “Table 1 shows the density values for some types of PE.(10,11)”
Wood polymer composites and their contribution to cascading utilisation (2016, methodology): “While fibres, having a greater aspect ratio (length/width ratio), enhance the tensile strength (Chen et al., 2006; Klyosov, 2007; Stark, 1999), particles are easier to dose to the production process and easier to disperse in the polymeric matrix and therefore result in more homogeneous materials…”