Glossary of Terms

ABS AES Ar a~ BMC BPO

C,
c t

D d Do DCP DMC DTG e E E'

ED
EDAX
et Er E\ EP ESCA ESEM f FRP FRTM FTIR He IGC IR K k' Ktvin04 K,

acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene auger electron spectroscopy argon shift factor bulk moulding compound benzoyl peroxide concentration at equilibrium concentration at time t diffusion coefficient diameter of fibre diffusion coefficient dicumyl peroxide dough moulding compound derivative thermogravimetry electron loss modulus storage modulus activation energy for diffusion energy dispersive analysis of x-rays energy of electron tensile modulus of fibre normalised modulus activation energy for permeation electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis environmentid scanning electron miscroscopy filling factor fibre reinforced plastics flexible resin transfer moulding Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy helium inverse gas chromatography infrared spectroscopy permeability rate constant potassium permanganate thermodynamic sorption constant

I LDPE M,

n
MFI MP NaOH Po PALF

PC
PEEK PMMA PMPPIC PS PVC

Qr
Qx,

Q,

QI
Ql

R
RH RIM RRIM

s,
SEM Sr SIMS
Sm

SMC tan 6 TGA

w
v c

Vf

v,
WPC

z
ZnClz

length of fibre low density polyethylene solvent uptake at infinite time crosslink density melt flow index mass of polymer sodium hydroxide permeation coefficient pineapple leaf fibre percolation threshold polyether ether ketone poly(methy1 methacrylate) poly(methy1ene) poly(pheny1) isocyanate polystyrene poly(viny1 chloride) mol per cent uptake at infinite time apparent weight gain net weight gain weight loss mol per cent uptake at time t gas constant relative humidity reaction injection moulding reinforced reatZion injection moulding tensile strength of composite scanning electron microscopy tensile strength of fibre secondary ion mass spectroscopy tensile stress of matrix sheet moulding compound dissipation factor themogravimetric analysis ultra violet volume fraction of composite volume fraction of fibre volume fraction of matrix wood polymer composite coordination number zinc chloride

shear rate degree of crosslinks density interaction parameter lattice constant molar volume of solvent Newtonian viscosity shear stress volume fraction of polymer conductivity interfacial shear strength stress relaxation at zero time strain density of composite critical volume fraction of conductive phase free energy enthalpy critical aspect ratio normalised tensile strength entropy solubility parameter of solvent stress relaxation at time t