Published April 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Wood plastic composite at different urea concentrations

  • 1. Bangladesh Council and Scientific and Industrial Research, Dacca (Bangladesh)
  • 2. Atomic Energy Commission, Dacca (Bangladesh). Inst. of Nuclear Science and Technology

Description

Wood plastic composite (WPC) has been prepared with a low grade wood simul (Salmalia malabarica) of Bangladesh under Co-60 gamma irradiation using MMA as the bulk monomer combined with methanol as the swelling solvent at different urea concentrations. Effect of a second solute such as NVP, TPGDA and TMPTA in the impregnating solution is evaluated. NVP appears to be the best co-additive/second solute among all the additives used to yield the composite with the highest polymer loading (PL) and tensile strength (TS) at 0.5% urea concentration. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiation Physics and Chemistry (1993)
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 623-627.
ISSN
0969-806X
CODEN
RPCHDM