Review
  • Review on Utilization of Fly Ash for Improvement of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polymer Composites
  • Yongha Kim and Sang Eun Shim

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon 22212, Korea

  • 고분자 복합재료의 기계적·열적 성질 강화를 위한 플라이 애쉬 활용 동향
  • 김용하 · 심상은

  • 인하대학교 화학공학과

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This Article

  • 2021; 45(6): 809-816

    Published online Nov 25, 2021

  • 10.7317/pk.2021.45.6.809
  • Received on Aug 25, 2021
  • Revised on Sep 7, 2021
  • Accepted on Sep 7, 2021

Correspondence to

  • Sang Eun Shim
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon 22212, Korea

  • E-mail: seshim@inha.ac.kr