A Novel Room-Temperature-Cured Waterglass/ Polyurethane Composite

Zhengpeng Yang^*

Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, China

*Corresponding Author:

Zhengpeng Yang
Associate Professor
Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
Henan Polytechnic University, China
E-mail: zhengpengyang@aliyun.com

Received Date: October 16, 2013; Accepted Date: October 17, 2013; Published Date: October 18, 2013

Citation: Yang Z, (2013) A Novel Room-Temperature-Cured Waterglass/Polyurethane Composite. J Powder Metall Min 2:e123. doi: 10.4172/2168-9806.1000e123

Copyright: © 2013 Yang Z. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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