Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 97, Issue 3, Pages 494-499Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.02.048
Keywords
wood polymer composites; ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; mechanical properties; infrared spectroscopy; scanning electron microscopy; adhesion promoter
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Saw dust-reinforced linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) (1:1) composites were prepared by using ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVAL) as adhesion promoter to improve mechanical strength. To evaluate the optimum vinylalcohol (VA) content in EVAL, various EVAL samples containing different contents of VA were used. The tensile properties of saw dust-LLDPE composites were improved by using EVAL as adhesion promoter in place of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVAc). The saw dust-LLDPE composites prepared with EVAL containing 15 mol% VA showed the maximum yield stress and modulus. The tensile stress increased with addition of EVAL up to 3 wt% on the wood filler, and then leveled off in the range of 3-10 wt%. However, the elongation was decreased with increasing VA content. Hydrogen bonding interaction between saw dust and EVAL was detected by FTIR spectra. When EVAL consisting with 15 mol% VA was used, good adhesion between saw dust and LLDPE matrix was confirmed by SEM fractography. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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