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COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 161, Issue -, Pages 469-476Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.11.073
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Plastic recycling; Wood plastic composites; Mechanical properties; Thermal properties
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The possibility of using recycled plastic waste for the manufacturing of wood-plastic composites is investigated. The samples were processed from the light fraction of construction plastic waste and municipal mixed plastic waste, and tested for flexural, tensile, and un-notched impact strength, hardness properties and water absorption. Thermal analysis was performed by differential scan calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis methods; scan electron microscopy was used for morphology study of the composites. It was found that the strength of the composites was poorer than those of the reference manufactured from virgin low density polyethylene; the hardness was comparable and stiffness higher than those of the reference. The wettability of the reference was the lowest of the studied composites. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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