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  1. Long term durability of wood-plastic composites made with chemically modified wood

    Wood-plastic composites (WPCs) have slower moisture sorption than solid wood, but over time moisture can impact the strength, stiffness, and decay of the composite. These changes will become increasingly important if WPCs are used in more challenging environments such as in ground-contact applications. There are several options for mitigating the moisture sorption of...

    Author(s):
    Rebecca E. Ibach; Craig M. Clemons
    Year:
    2017
    Keywords:
    Acetylation, coupling agent, moisture sorption, fungal decay, extrusion, field exposure
    Source:
    In: Advancements in fiber-polymer composites conference proceedings. Madison, WI: 1-17.

  2. Durability of Capped Wood Plastic Composites

    Manufacturers of wood plastic composites (WPCs) have recently introduced capped decking to their product lines. These new materials have begun to take market share from the previous generation of uncapped products that possessed a homogenous composition throughout the thickness of their cross-section. These capped offerings have been introduced with claims that the...

    Author(s):
    Mark Mankowski; Mark J. Manning; Damien P. Slowik
    Year:
    2015
    Keywords:
    wood plastic composites, (WPC), capped decking, durability, biological degradation
    Source:
    In: Proceedings One hundred eleventh annual meeting of the American wood protection association, the Omni Grove Park Inn, Asheville North Carolina April 12-14, 2015 Volume 111; p 124-132;

  3. The use of new, aqueous chemical wood modifications to improve the durability of wood-plastic composites

    The wood flour used in wood-plastic composites (WPCs) can biologically deteriorate and thus the overall mechanical performance of WPCs decrease when exposed to moisture and fungal decay. Protecting the wood flour by chemical modification can improve the durability of the wood in a nontoxic way so it is not harmful to the environment. WPCs were made with modified wood...

    Author(s):
    Rebecca E. Ibach; Craig M. Clemons; George C. Chen
    Year:
    2017
    Keywords:
    WPC, organosilicate, cobalt (II), fungal decay, moisture, mechanical properties
    Source:
    Forty-eighth Annual Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Protection. 2017 June 4-8; Ghet, Belgium. pp. 1-9
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