Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 124, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.05.005
Keywords
Biocomposites; Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); Mechanical properties; Extrusion
Funding
- Australian Research Council
- Norske Skog Paper Mills (Aust) Ltd [LP160101763]
- Australian Government
- Australian Research Council [LP160101763] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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The present study investigates the effects of copolymer composition on the mechanical properties of extruded mixed culture poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) (P3HB4HB) copolymers and their composites with 50 wt% wood flour. The use of copolymers with a higher strain at break (i.e. 24 mol% 3-HV and 15 mol% 4-HB copolymers) for composite production resulted in a slight but promising improvement in strain at break at the cost of lower strength and modulus. The inclusion of 4-HB comonomer was more effective at improving the strain at break of the composites than for the 3-HV comonomer due to the inability of the 4-HB monomer unit to co-crystallise. However, unlike for the tensile properties, the matrix properties did not affect the composite impact strength. It is interpreted that the mechanical properties of the PHA-based WPCs with 50 wt% wood content are dominated by the rigid and brittle wood flour, with the matrix properties having limited influence on the bulk composite properties.
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