Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 14, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14112212
Keywords
polypropylene; compound material; reed charcoal; mechanical properties; thermal properties
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- Foundation for the science and technology innovation Program of Hunan Province [2021RC4062]
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Reed charcoal/polypropylene (RC/PP) composites were prepared by melt-blending and molding processes. The addition of appropriate amounts of RC improved the rigidity and thermal stability of these composites.
Reed charcoal/polypropylene (RC/PP) composites were prepared by melt-blending and molding processes. The effects of RC addition (by mass fraction) on its mechanical properties were investigated and the mechanism characterized. The results showed that RC and PP were physically bonded and formed a mechanical interlocking matrix. The water absorption rate of these composites was <1% at 168 h. As the RC mass fraction increased, the tensile modulus, crystallinity, and energy storage modulus of the composites increased and then decreased, with the tensile modulus reaching a maximum of 679.4 MPa. The thermal decomposition rate peak and starting melt temperature increased by 14.8 and 2.5 degrees C, respectively, compared to pure PP, and the energy storage modulus reached a maximum of 3752.8 MPa at 40 wt% RC. The addition of RC in appropriate amounts improved the rigidity and thermal stability of these composites.
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