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Different physical properties of wood-filled thermoplastic materials produced by a special mixing and extrusion process are examined. The results show that the wood content and the kind of plastics are the main parameters that control the physical properties of composites. In general, wood-filled thermoplastic materials exhibit mechanical properties comparable to those of customary wood fiber products, i.e., medium density fiberboard (MDF); however, they show distinctly better behavior than the MDF and natural wood after exposure to moisture.
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Universität Kassel, Institut für Werkstofftechnik, Kunstoff-und Recyclingtechnik, Mönchebergstraße 3, 34109 Kassel, Germany. Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 795–802, November–December, 1998.
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Bledzki, A.K., Gassan, J. & Theis, S. Wood-filled thermoplastic composites. Mech Compos Mater 34, 563–568 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02254666
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