Journal
JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 138, Issue 29, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.50703
Keywords
blends; mechanical properties; morphology; rubber; thermoplastics
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- Federal University of ABC (UFABC)
- Braskem S.A.
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This study investigated the effect of adding devulcanized rubbers on recycled polypropylene, showing that devulcanized rubbers improved the mechanical properties of PPr and enhanced its adhesion to rubber, impacting the fracture mechanisms of PPr.
This work aims to investigate the effect of adding vulcanized or partially devulcanized rubbers on recycled polypropylene (PPr), considering thermomechanical and morphological properties. The study proposes to better understand how structural changes underwent by rubber (after the devulcanization) contributed to improving the mechanical properties of the PPr. The PPr/rubber blends were prepared by a co-rotating twin-screw extruder and then were injected. The blends composed of the most devulcanized rubbers by microwaves with refined microstructure showed higher values of elongation at break and toughness. Data showed that the devulcanization process applied to the rubber interfered positively in its adhesion to the PPr. Data from dynamic mechanical analysis and atomic force microscopy indicated that the most devulcanized rubbers presented an interface more connected to PPr. These chemical interactions possibly impacted the mechanical properties of the PPr. Moreover, dilatation processes favored the fracture mechanisms of the PPr when rubber was added to it.
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