• Effect of Soybean Oil-Treatment of Wood Flour on the Physical Properties of PP/Wood Flour Composites

  • Jongbin Baek and Dae Su Kim†

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdaero, Seowongu, Cheongju, Chungbuk 28644, Korea

  • 목분의 콩기름 처리가 PP/목분 복합재료의 물성에 미치는 영향

  • 백종빈 · 김대수†

  • 충북대학교 공과대학 화학공학과

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(5): 697-703

    Published online Sep 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.5.697
  • Received on Apr 16, 2026
  • Revised on Aug 5, 2026
  • Accepted on Aug 8, 2026

Correspondence to

  • Dae Su Kim

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdaero, Seowongu, Cheongju, Chungbuk 28644, Korea

  • E-mail: dskim@cbnu.ac.kr