Effect of surface treatment in cork reinforced composites

This work explores the possibility of using cork for reinforcing of polypropylene (PP). The cork granules were mixed with PP by extrusion and the mixture was then injected. The hydrophilic character of cork and the hydrophobic character of PP influence negatively the adhesion at the interface betwee...

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Main Author: Ben Abdallah, F. (author)
Other Authors: Ben Cheikh, R. (author), Baklouti, M. (author), Denchev, Z. (author), Cunha, A. M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/13240
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/13240