Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13050737
Keywords
polymer-matrix composites; mechanical properties; thermal properties; materials characterization; construction and demolition wastes
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This study manufactured and studied composite materials consisting of polymer resin matrix filled with construction and demolition waste powder of varying grain sizes, utilizing scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction for morphological and elemental analysis. Mechanical performance and thermal insulating efficiency of the materials were examined through bending and shear strength tests and determination of the thermal conductivity coefficient.
Composite materials that consisted of a polymer resin as matrix (PMCs), filled using construction and demolition (C&D) wastes powder of different grain sizing in micro-scale were manufactured and studied. Three different kinds of resins were used as the matrix for the purposes of this study. More specifically, composites made of epoxy and unsaturated polyester resins purchased from the market and phenolic resin (novolac) laboratory synthesized, were produced. The morphological and elemental analysis of these materials was performed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Additionally, mechanical performance and thermal insulating efficiency of these materials were examined through bending and shear strength tests according to the three-point method and via determination of the thermal conductivity coefficient lambda. C&D wastes have undergone the appropriate processing in order to prepare filling products of the required granular size in pulverized form. In this research study, construction and demolition waste-based thermosetting polymer composites were produced with flexural strength in the range 20-60 MPa, shear strength in between 1-8 MPa, and thermal conductivity coefficients in the range of 0.27-1.20 W/mK. The developed materials embedded 30-50% w/w C&D wastes, depending on the resin used as the matrix.
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