69-08: A Look at Wood Plastic Composites With Implication For Cooling Tower

Cell wall and cell lumen type treatments are defined. Production techniques to produce cell lumen treatments of wood with vinyl type monomers are discussed in light of radiation induced polymerization and heat-catalyst polymerization. Properties of new low-vapor pressure styrene type monomers are shown to have advantages in the heat catalyst technique. Properties of wood-polymethyl methacrylate composites and wood-polytertiary butl styrene composites are discussed with implications for cooling tower design in mind. addition of fire-retardant additives or copolymers are shown to have promise.