Utilization of air-plasma treated waste polyethylene terephthalate particles as a raw material for particleboard production

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Authors

KLÍMEK Petr MORÁVEK Tomáš RÁHEĽ Jozef STUPAVSKÁ Monika FRIEDECKÝ David KRÁL Pavel KÚDELA Jozef WIMMER Rupert

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Composites Part B
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359836815007556
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.12.019
Field Plasma physics
Keywords wood; adhesion; surface properties; electron microscopy
Description Wood-plastic composite boards involving up to 30 wt. % of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) flakes were evaluated for its physical and mechanical properties - internal bonding strength, modulus of rupture and thickness swelling. It was found that the problem of the decline of mechanical properties can be successfully mitigated by air plasma pretreatment of PET flakes.
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