Wood - Polymer Composites Assessment Using Microtomography

摘要

There are given the results of the evaluation of the starting polymers properties and the properties of the resulting WPC. The industrial objects of WPC based on various polymers were chosen as the objects of the study. In order to analyze the structure of the WPC there was used a computer microtomography, one of the recent non-destructive methods for studying the bulk structure of composites using X-ray radiation. To assess the overall durability and behavior of the end products under actual operating conditions, tests were carried out in special artificial weather equipment (weatherometer).