<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teixeira, M J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fernandes, A C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saramago, B</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rosa, M E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bordado, J C</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Influence of the wetting properties of polymeric adhesives on the mechanical behaviour of cork agglomerates</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JOURNAL OF ADHESION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">adhesives</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cork agglometares</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mechanical properties</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">WETTING</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PLANTIJNSTRAAT 2, P O BOX 9000, 2300 PA LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1111-1127</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A series of adhesives, polyurethane prepolymers with alkane chains of different functionalities, were used in the production of cork agglomerates. The polymeric structure varied from long, linear chains in adhesive M1 (14% isocyanate groups) to short, branched chains in adhesive M4 (30% isocyanate groups). The wetting properties of the adhesives were studied through surface tension and contact angle measurements of the polymeric liquids deposited on cork substrates. The mechanical behaviour of the cork agglomerates was studied through compression and three-point bending tests, and the agglomerate structure was analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The relationship between the structural and wetting characteristics of the adhesives and the mechanical properties of the agglomerates was investigated. The experimental results indicate that it is the work of adhesion for the adhesive/cork system, and not only the contact angle, which determines the mechanical resistance of the cork agglomerate.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mano, J F</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Correia, N T</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moura Ramos, J J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saramago, B</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The molecular relaxation mechanisms in cork as studied by thermally stimulated discharge currents</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Materials Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">dielectric relaxation (Voyant)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">thermally stimulated discharge currents (TSDC)</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1995</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">30</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2035-2041</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The dielectric relaxation mechanisms present in cork have been investigated in the temperature range -100 to 100~ using the technique of thermally stimulated discharge currents. A relaxation mechanism was detected which showed a compensation behaviour as observed for the a-relaxation (or glass transition relaxation) of synthetic polymers and which lead us to attribute to cork a glass transition-like temperature of 18~ One lower temperature mechanism was also observed, with low activation enthalpy and entropy, which is presumably originated by local motions (internal rotations) of polar molecular groups. An upper Tg relaxation of higher intensity was also detected which was attributed to large-scale non-cooperative motions of polymeric segments.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>