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The effect of aging conditions on the mechanical properties of wood fiber-polystyrene composites: I. Chemithermomechanical pulp as a reinforcing filler

✍ Scribed by D. Maldas; B.V. Kokta

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1989
Tongue: English
Weight: 658 KB
Volume: 36
Category: Article
ISSN: 0266-3538
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(89)90086-9

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