Mechanical properties and failure modes of recycled polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose composites

The effects of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) fibre on the properties of recycled polypropylene (rPP)composites were investigated. A coupling agent, maleic anhydride grafted-polypropylene (MAPP) was used to improve the interfacial adhesion between the MCC fibres and rPP matrix. A series of rPP/MCC...

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Main Authors:	Zulkifli, Nur Izzati, Samat, Noorasikin, Anuar, Hazleen, Zainuddin, Norhazlin
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Published:	Elsevier 2015
Subjects:	T175 Industrial research. Research and development
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spelling	iium-409322016-11-08T09:19:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40932/ Mechanical properties and failure modes of recycled polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose composites Zulkifli, Nur Izzati Samat, Noorasikin Anuar, Hazleen Zainuddin, Norhazlin T175 Industrial research. Research and development The effects of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) fibre on the properties of recycled polypropylene (rPP)composites were investigated. A coupling agent, maleic anhydride grafted-polypropylene (MAPP) was used to improve the interfacial adhesion between the MCC fibres and rPP matrix. A series of rPP/MCC composites, with or without MAPP, were compounded with an extruder and then moulded with an injection moulding machine. It was found that without MAPP, an increase in MCC loadings caused degradation in the tensile strength of rPP composites. However, the impact strength was higher compared to that of neat rPP prior to its decrease caused by the increase in MCC loading. All mechanical properties showed improvement after MAPP was added, especially in tensile modulus. FESEM morphology also revealed better interfacial adhesion between the MCC fibres and the rPP matrix. Fracture analysis indicated that the ductile and quasi-brittle behaviours in both types of rPP/MCC composites (with or without MAPP) were affected by the concentration of fibres and the interfacial adhesion strength. Elsevier 2015-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40932/1/materials_%26_design-noorasikin.pdf Zulkifli, Nur Izzati and Samat, Noorasikin and Anuar, Hazleen and Zainuddin, Norhazlin (2015) Mechanical properties and failure modes of recycled polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose composites. Materials and Design, 69. pp. 114-123. ISSN 0261-3069 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/matdes http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2014.12.053
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description	The effects of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) fibre on the properties of recycled polypropylene (rPP)composites were investigated. A coupling agent, maleic anhydride grafted-polypropylene (MAPP) was used to improve the interfacial adhesion between the MCC fibres and rPP matrix. A series of rPP/MCC composites, with or without MAPP, were compounded with an extruder and then moulded with an injection moulding machine. It was found that without MAPP, an increase in MCC loadings caused degradation in the tensile strength of rPP composites. However, the impact strength was higher compared to that of neat rPP prior to its decrease caused by the increase in MCC loading. All mechanical properties showed improvement after MAPP was added, especially in tensile modulus. FESEM morphology also revealed better interfacial adhesion between the MCC fibres and the rPP matrix. Fracture analysis indicated that the ductile and quasi-brittle behaviours in both types of rPP/MCC composites (with or without MAPP) were affected by the concentration of fibres and the interfacial adhesion strength.
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author	Zulkifli, Nur Izzati Samat, Noorasikin Anuar, Hazleen Zainuddin, Norhazlin
author_facet	Zulkifli, Nur Izzati Samat, Noorasikin Anuar, Hazleen Zainuddin, Norhazlin
author_sort	Zulkifli, Nur Izzati
title	Mechanical properties and failure modes of recycled polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose composites
title_short	Mechanical properties and failure modes of recycled polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose composites
title_full	Mechanical properties and failure modes of recycled polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose composites
title_fullStr	Mechanical properties and failure modes of recycled polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose composites
title_full_unstemmed	Mechanical properties and failure modes of recycled polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose composites
title_sort	mechanical properties and failure modes of recycled polypropylene/microcrystalline cellulose composites
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2015
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