Week 2:

• It has been decided that the main point of our design is to create a stronger tensile strength polyethylene compound.  
• After doing some research on fillers for polyethylene plastics, our group has decided to compound it with  carbon black, wood flour, and fiberglass filler.
• Below are links and PDFs used during our research:
• http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=266977
• http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Marine/Home/Products/Catalog/?PC_7_RJH9U5230GE3E02LECIE20S4K7000000_nid=GSQ4PDDZ67be9FJFL5HG9Dgl
• http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.20443/pdf
• http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pen.760190106/pdf
• http://www.springerlink.com/content/g17x57811743m210/