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Wood Plastic Composites: Their Properties and Applications

In: Engineered Wood Products for Construction

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  • Kaimeng Xu
  • Guanben Du
  • Siqun Wang

Abstract

Wood plastic composites (WPCs) is one of crucial and potential engineering wood products that has been extensively employed in the fields of landscape, transportation, municipal engineering and building construction. It has gradually been used to replace the conventional wood-based composites. This chapter aims to introduce the properties and development of WPCs and illustrate how defects in their mechanical properties, biological and aging resistance, and flame retardance affect their global development. Herein, the effects on the biological durability of WPCs against algae, mold, fungi, and termites made with various wood species with different chemical extractive compositions, the natural weathering performance of WPCs and the mechanisms of protection against ultraviolet light and moisture, the effectiveness and mechanism of reinforcement of WPCs by novel alloy modification of linear and aromatic polyamides are reviewed. Additionally, the flame retardance properties, common testing methods as well as the performances of novel flame retardants for WPCs, are comparatively described. Lastly, the limitations and prospects of WPCs in future construction applications are also discussed.

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  • Kaimeng Xu & Guanben Du & Siqun Wang, 2022. "Wood Plastic Composites: Their Properties and Applications," Chapters, in: Meng Gong (ed.), Engineered Wood Products for Construction, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:232513
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.98918
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    Keywords

    wood plastic composites; natural durability; reinforcement; flame retardance;
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    JEL classification:

    • L70 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - General

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