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Studies of physico–mechanical properties of wood and wood plastic composite (WPC)
Author(s) -
Khan Mubarak Ahmad,
Ali K. M. Idriss
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1992.070450119
Subject(s) - wood plastic composite , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , materials science , young's modulus , composite number , wood flour , modulus , izod impact strength test , engineered wood
An attempt has been made to improve the quality of low grade wood through radiation induced wood plastic composite (WPC) formation in order to use these low grade woods as substitutes for high grade wood. Six kinds of local woods of Bangladesh (simul, korai, mango, jack fruit, teak, and garjon) were investigated. Both soft and hard wood varieties of these were selected. Ten vinyl monomers were used for the WPC. Improvement in the quality of wood was ascertained by determining change in physico—mechanical properties of wood. These properties were tensile strength, Young's modulus, and dimensional stability. Among all the woods investigated, simuls exhibited the best performance for WPC formation. It was found that the tensile strength and Young's modulus of WPC increased about 1.6 and 1.5 times, respectively, as compared with the strength and modulus those of untreated wood.