Wood-Plastic Composites

By A. Klyosov. 2007

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A review of wood thermal pretreatments to improve wood composite properties (2013, background): “…2008; Hendriks and Zeeman 2009; Wang et al. 2009; Zhu and Pan 2010; Agbor et al. 2011); the production of wood composites requires processes such as chipping, reduction of particle size, and drying (Sharp 1969; Kollmann et al. 1975; Maloney 1993; Bowyer et al. 2007; Klyosov 2007; Clemons 2010).”
Compatibilizing and toughening bamboo flour-filled HDPE composites: Mechanical properties and morphologies (2008, methodology): “16 kg) = 6–10 g/10 min, Mw = 65,000 g/mol, acid number = 8 mg KOH/g [57] Eastman Chemical Co.”
Effect of boric acid and borax on mechanical, fire and thermal properties of wood flour filled high density polyethylene composites (2015, background): “It is known that wood flour increase brittleness of polymer matrix [27,30,31].”
Use of recycled plastics in wood plastic composites – A review (2013, background): “PPs are more prone to oxidation, hence, requiring significantly higher amounts of antioxidants and UV stabilizers compared to PE (Klyosov, 2007).”