Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Focke, WW
MIng(Pret) PhD(MIT) - Professor and Director: ITM
NRF Rating: C3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2588
Fax number: 012 420 2516
E-mail address: xyris@mweb.co.za
Research Interests:
Polymers
Characterisation and modification of materials
Nano technology
Molecular Design
Process Science
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Kruger A, Focke WW, Kwela ZN, Fowles R: 2002. Effect of ferrous and ferric iron impurities on the crystallization of gypsum and sludge formation in wet-process phosphoric acid. Chemical Engineering Communications, 189, pp 684-694.
Focke WW, Verbeek CJR: 2002. Modelling the Young's modulus of platelet reinforced thermoplastic sheet composites. Composites, 33 (12) / Dec, pp 1697-1704.
Focke WW, Manhique A, Carter (Quick) RM: 2002. Lattice model for estimating the opacity of white coatings. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 85 (5), pp 1139-1144.
Germishuizen A, Focke WW, Visser AT: 2002. A laboratory study of soil stabilisation with a urea-formaldehyde resin. Journal of the South African Institute of Civil Engineers, 44 (1), pp 9-12.
Govender M, Focke WW, Tolmay AT, Graefe D: 2002. Evaluation of commercial plastics purging compounds on a laboratory film blower. South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 14 (1), pp 16-27.
Waing-Fang S, Focke WW, Vuorinen E, Govender M, Gandini A: 2002. Synthesis of adhesive polyethylene polymers using free radical grafting in a compounding extruder. South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 14 (2), pp 1-5.
Patents:
Focke WW, Labuschagne FJW, Mentz JC: 2002. Intumescent Flame Retardants. (2002/4876).
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