Mechanical And Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composites Made of Polypropylene, Wood Flour and Nanoclay

The focus of this study was to characterize mechanical and physical properties of experimental composition prepared from nanoclays (Cloisite® 20A), wood flour (WF) and polypropylene (PP). Nanoclays with different concentrations were used as reinforcing filler for wood plastic compositions (WPCs). Ma...

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Main Authors:	Yadav, Sumit Manohar, Kamal, Yusoh
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Language:	English English
Published:	IJAFP 2015
Subjects:	TP Chemical technology
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spelling	ump-111322018-05-22T04:54:41Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11132/ Mechanical And Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composites Made of Polypropylene, Wood Flour and Nanoclay Yadav, Sumit Manohar Kamal, Yusoh TP Chemical technology The focus of this study was to characterize mechanical and physical properties of experimental composition prepared from nanoclays (Cloisite® 20A), wood flour (WF) and polypropylene (PP). Nanoclays with different concentrations were used as reinforcing filler for wood plastic compositions (WPCs). Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) was added as a coupling agent to increase the interaction between the components of wood-plastic composites. Nanoclay based wood-plastic composites were made by extrusion process and then injection molding. Mechanical and physical properties of the as-prepared composites were evaluated. The results of strength measurements showed that the flexural modulus of the composite was increased by 56.33 % with increasing of nanoclays contents to 5 wt. %, reaching approximately 3.58 GPa compared to WPC containing 0% of nanoclays. Moreover, the flexural and tensile strengths reached their maximum values when the concentrations of nanoclays was 2.5 wt. %. When maintaining the nanoclays at a low concentration, it was well dispersed in the WPC. However, when more nanoclays (4 –5 wt. %) was introduced, the enhancing effect began to diminish because of the agglomeration of nanoclays which caused poor interfacial adhesion. The addition of nanoclays decreased the average water uptake by 13 %, compared to the control sample (without nanoclays). The improvement of physical and mechanical properties confirmed that nanoclays has good reinforcement and the optimum effect of nanoclays was archived at 2.5 wt. %. IJAFP 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11132/1/Mechanical%20And%20Physical%20Properties%20of%20Wood-Plastic%20Composites%20Made%20of%20Polypropylene%2C%20Wood%20Flour%20and%20Nanoclay.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11132/7/fkksa-2015-sumit-mechanical%20and%20physical%20properties1.pdf Yadav, Sumit Manohar and Kamal, Yusoh (2015) Mechanical And Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composites Made of Polypropylene, Wood Flour and Nanoclay. International Journal of Agricultural, Forestry & Plantation (IJAFP), 1. pp. 1-10. ISSN 2462-1757 http://ijafp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FR-10.pdf
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description	The focus of this study was to characterize mechanical and physical properties of experimental composition prepared from nanoclays (Cloisite® 20A), wood flour (WF) and polypropylene (PP). Nanoclays with different concentrations were used as reinforcing filler for wood plastic compositions (WPCs). Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) was added as a coupling agent to increase the interaction between the components of wood-plastic composites. Nanoclay based wood-plastic composites were made by extrusion process and then injection molding. Mechanical and physical properties of the as-prepared composites were evaluated. The results of strength measurements showed that the flexural modulus of the composite was increased by 56.33 % with increasing of nanoclays contents to 5 wt. %, reaching approximately 3.58 GPa compared to WPC containing 0% of nanoclays. Moreover, the flexural and tensile strengths reached their maximum values when the concentrations of nanoclays was 2.5 wt. %. When maintaining the nanoclays at a low concentration, it was well dispersed in the WPC. However, when more nanoclays (4 –5 wt. %) was introduced, the enhancing effect began to diminish because of the agglomeration of nanoclays which caused poor interfacial adhesion. The addition of nanoclays decreased the average water uptake by 13 %, compared to the control sample (without nanoclays). The improvement of physical and mechanical properties confirmed that nanoclays has good reinforcement and the optimum effect of nanoclays was archived at 2.5 wt. %.
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author	Yadav, Sumit Manohar Kamal, Yusoh
author_facet	Yadav, Sumit Manohar Kamal, Yusoh
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title	Mechanical And Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composites Made of Polypropylene, Wood Flour and Nanoclay
title_short	Mechanical And Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composites Made of Polypropylene, Wood Flour and Nanoclay
title_full	Mechanical And Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composites Made of Polypropylene, Wood Flour and Nanoclay
title_fullStr	Mechanical And Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composites Made of Polypropylene, Wood Flour and Nanoclay
title_full_unstemmed	Mechanical And Physical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composites Made of Polypropylene, Wood Flour and Nanoclay
title_sort	mechanical and physical properties of wood-plastic composites made of polypropylene, wood flour and nanoclay
publisher	IJAFP
publishDate	2015
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