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Synthesis and characterization of polyvinyl chloride/wood flour/organoclay ternary composites
- Source :
- Polymers and Polymer Composites. 29:S949-S958
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- Polyvinyl chloride/wood flour (WF)/organoclay (OMMT) ternary composites were prepared by melt blending. Chemically treated and untreated pine WF were used as filler, and organically modified montmorillonite or OMMT was added in order to get a potential synergy effect between polyvinyl chloride, untreated wood flour (UWF), or chemically treated WF. The OMMT loading in the composites was 0.5, 1, or 1.5 wt%. The chemically treated and UWF loadings were 1, 5, and 10 wt%. The composite specimens were subjected to mechanical tests (evaluation of tensile strength, elongation at break, and Shore A hardness), thermal stability (Beilstein test), processability characterizations, water resistance absorption, and morphological (optical microscopy) observations. The main results showed that the chemically treated WF were more efficient than the UWF for improving the mechanical and physical properties of polyvinyl chloride. Similar results were reported in the scientific literature. Therefore the chemically treated WF can be a cheap, eco-friendly, and renewable substitute for chalk as a filler which is normally used in the fabrication of Polyvinylchloride based cable insulators.
- Subjects :
- Filler (packaging)
Materials science
Polymers and Plastics
Composite number
Wood flour
02 engineering and technology
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Melt blending
0104 chemical sciences
Characterization (materials science)
Polyvinyl chloride
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Ceramics and Composites
Organoclay
Composite material
0210 nano-technology
Ternary operation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14782391 and 09673911
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Polymers and Polymer Composites
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0641683ed9427784507bf12d31cf95f8
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/09673911211031139