10/29/2010
Rheological, thermal, and mechanical characterization of fly ash-thermoplastic composites with different coupling agents
(pages 1722–1730)Polymer Composites 31 #10 (2010)
Pardo et al mixed fly ash obtained from biomass combustion as filler and isotactic polypropylene (PP) as matrix.  Three silane-type coupling agents mainly differing in the size of their functional groups were used to improve the compatibility between both components.  The silane containing the vinyl functional group  was the most appropriate for PP/ash composites.  (RDC 12/15/2010)