Improved mechanical properties of recycled linear low-density polyethylene composites filled with date palm wood powder

Recycled linear low-density polyethylene (RLLDPE) was blended with date palm wood powder to prepare composites in which the concentration of the filler ranged from 10 to 70 wt.%. The cross-linking of composites was performed in some selected cases. The Young’s modulus of the composites significantly increased as the filler content increased over the entire concentration range. A maximum value of 1989 MPa was observed for the composite filled with 70 wt.% filler, which was approximately 6.5 times higher than that observed for neat RLLDPE. The presence of filler increased the flexural strength from 11.4 MPa for unmodified RLLDPE to 17 MPa for the composite containing 70 wt.% filler. The Young’s modulus and stress at break measured at 50 °C decreased significantly compared with those values measured at 25 °C. The ratio between the stress at break at 25 °C versus 50 °C (σ₂₅/σ₅₀) was between 2.7 and 3.8, whereas the ratio of Young’s modulus of E₂₅/E₅₀ was between 1.6 and 2.6.     

Influence of coupling agent content on the properties of high density polyethylene composites reinforced with oil palm fibers

Oil palm fiber reinforced high density polyethylene (HDPE) composites which can be used in several applications (mechanical part, fiber panel, etc.) were manufactured by twin-screw extrusion followed by compression molding. In particular, the effect of coupling agent (maleated polypropylene, MAPP) concentration (0, 2, 4 and 6 wt.%) was investigated for 30 and 40 wt.% oil palm fiber. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) and mechanical testing (tension and impact) were carried out to determine the effect of fiber and compatibilizer contents. The results showed that compatibilized composites have increased stiffness due to enhanced interfacial adhesion between the fibers and the matrix, as well as better homogeneity (better fiber dispersion) due to chemical bonding. The optimum MAPP content was found to be 4% for the range of conditions tested.     

功能化木粉/低密度聚乙烯热塑母料的制备及界面融合性

以研究功能化木粉/低密度聚乙烯（LDPE）热塑母料的流变及界面融合性为目的,采用超声波辅助碱预处理制备苄基化杨木粉（Wd-Ar）,通过熔融共混挤出造粒制备了Wd-Ar/LDPE热塑母料。研究Wd-Ar/LDPE热塑母料界面相容性、熔体流动性、热软化点、热融合特性以及表面自由能的变化。结果表明:SEM显示,与未处理木粉（Wd）相比,塑化母料与LDPE的界面融合性增强;由XRD结果分析可知热塑母料结晶度减弱,热软化点有所降低,熔体流动速率提高,总表面自由能下降,非极性分量自由能增加;Wd-Ar可降低与LDPE混合物料的平衡扭矩,有效改善复合材料的熔体加工性能、界面融合性及力学性能。当LDPE含量为20wt%时,Wd-Ar/LDPE复合材料的拉伸强度、拉伸断裂伸长率及弯曲强度分别提高了2.55、4.55和2.27倍,表明Wd-Ar与LDPE复合材料间的界面黏结性增强。      

纳米ZnO/低密度聚乙烯复合材料的介电特性

为探讨纳米ZnO/低密度聚乙烯（LDPE）复合材料的介电特性,首先,采用硅烷偶联剂和钛酸酯偶联剂对纳米ZnO进行改性,并利用两步法制备了不同纳米ZnO质量分数、不同纳米ZnO粒径、不同纳米ZnO表面修饰方式和不同冷却方式的纳米ZnO/LDPE复合材料;然后,通过FTIR、SEM、DSC和热激电流（TSC）测试了纳米ZnO在基体中的分散情况、复合材料的等温结晶过程参数变化及陷阱密度;最后,在不同实验温度下分别进行了交流击穿、绝缘电导率、介电常数和空间电荷实验。结果表明:纳米ZnO的加入使纳米ZnO/LDPE复合材料内部陷阱深度和密度均有所增加;当纳米ZnO的粒径为40 nm且质量分数为3%时,复合材料的结晶速度最快,纳米ZnO在基体中的分散性较好,击穿场强达到最高值133.3 kV/mm,电导率及介电常数也相对较低,加压时复合材料内部空间电荷少,短路时释放电荷速度快,介电性能较好;由于纳米粒子增加了材料内部的热传导速率,降低了复合材料随着温度升高而降解的速度,因而相对于纯LDPE,随着实验温度的提高,纳米ZnO/LDPE复合材料的击穿场强下降幅度及电导率上升幅度均较小。      

协同处理对湿热环境下木粉/聚乙烯复合材料表面性质演变的影响

采用硅烷偶联剂涂覆与等离子体放电协同处理的方法处理木粉/聚乙烯(WP/PE)复合材料表面,以改善其胶接性能。利用胶接强度测试、FTIR和X射线光电子能谱研究了硅烷偶联剂涂覆和等离子体放电的协同表面处理对WP/PE湿热环境下表面性质演变的影响,探究协同处理的WP/PE胶接接头湿热环境下的胶接耐久性。结果表明,协同处理后,WP/PE表面有含氧极性基团生成,且在偶联剂与材料表面之间形成了化学键接,胶接性能大为改善。湿热环境下,虽然处理试样的表面没有新的化学基团产生,但表面元素的化学环境发生了改变。WP/PE表面在湿热环境下的性质演变会直接影响其胶接接头的耐久性。协同表面处理能够降低湿热环境下WP/PE表面性质的改变程度,从而提高WP/PE的胶接性能,尤其是湿热环境下的胶接耐久性能。     

木质素磺酸钙/高密度聚乙烯复合材料的力学性能

采用木质素磺酸钙（CL）填充高密度聚乙烯（HDPE）制备CL/HDPE复合材料,利用SEM、DSC、XRD对CL/HDPE复合材料进行表征,并对其强度、蠕变行为及应力松弛等力学性能进行测试。结果表明,CL/HDPE复合材料具有良好的结合界面和热稳定性;CL的加入可以提高CL/HDPE复合材料的弯曲强度,但对其冲击强度会产生不利影响;CL含量的增加有利于提高CL/HDPE复合材料的抗蠕变性能和抗应力松弛能力,而温度的升高会对CL/HDPE复合材料的蠕变行为和应力松弛产生不利影响。      

Morphology,mechanical properties,and dimensional stability of wood particle/high density polyethylene composites: Effect of removal of wood cell wall composition

Variation in the chemical composition of wood cell walls has a significant influence on the properties of wood plastic composites (WPCs). This study investigated the effect of removal of hemicellulose and/or lignin on the mechanical properties and dimensional stability of WPCs. Four types of wood particles with various compositions including native wood flour (WF), hemicellulose-removed particle (HR), holocellulose (HC), and α-cellulose (αC) were prepared and compounded with high density polyethylene (HDPE) in an extruder, both with and without maleated polyethylene. Injection molding was used to make test specimens. The HR-based composites exhibited the best water resistance. The HC-based composites obtained a greater tensile modulus but a lower water resistance. The highest values for tensile strength, elongation at brake, toughness, and impact strength were achieved by the composites filled with αC.     

微注射成型高密度聚乙烯-线性低密度聚乙烯共混物的微结构及力学性能

为提高线性低密度聚乙烯（LLDPE）的拉伸强度和模量,扩大其应用领域,将三种不同相对分子质量的高密度聚乙烯（HDPE）分别与LLDPE共混,通过微注射成型技术制备HDPE-LLDPE制品。综合利用DSC、广角X射线衍射（WAXD）、小角X射线散射（SAXS）和拉伸性能测试研究了共混物在微注射成型过程中的结构演化及力学性能。拉伸测试结果表明,与纯LLDPE相比,HDPE-LLDPE的拉伸强度和模量随HDPE分子量的增加而增加。微结构分析结果显示,随HDPE分子量的增加,HDPE-LLDPE制品的分子链和片晶取向度增大、结晶度增加,且制品内形成了较多取向的Shish-Kebab晶体结构。通过分析微结构的表征结果,解释了HDPE-LLDPE的拉伸强度和模量显著提高的原因。     

Preparation and properties of powder styrene-butadiene rubber composites filled with carbon black and carbon nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon black (CB) filled powder styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) composites were prepared by spray drying of the suspension of CNTs and CB in SBR latex. The powders were sphere like and fine with uniform diameters of 10-15 μm. Experimental results showed that the introduction of CNTs into the matrix was beneficial to improve the security of the vulcanization of the rubber composites, and the dynamic and basic mechanical properties of the CNTs/SBR composites were better than those of CB/SBR and neat SBR composites. Observations on the microstructure of the composites indicated that CNTs were well dispersed in the matrix. Morphology of the fracture confirmed that the bonding between CNTs and rubber matrix was strong and load can be transferred to CNTs efficiently during the mechanical property tests. Moreover, the powder SBR composites containing well-dispersed CNTs could be perfect candidate as additives for other polymers.     

胶原蛋白/低密度聚乙烯复合材料的制备与性能

为了探讨胶原蛋白（HC）和相容剂马来酸酐接枝低密度聚乙烯（LDPE-g-MAH）对聚合物材料性能产生的影响,以低密度聚乙烯（LDPE）为基体,用共混挤出的方法制备了HC/LDPE复合材料和HC/LDPE-MAH复合材料,并将复合材料注塑成不同规格样条。通过力学性能测试、SEM和热分析等表征方法研究了HC和LDPE-g-MAH含量对HC/LDPE及HC/LDPE-MAH复合材料结构和性能的影响。结果表明：当HC加入量为5wt%时,HC/LDPE复合材料拉伸强度达到最大值15.824 MPa;LDPE-g-MAH的加入可明显改善界面粘结性,提高材料力学性能及热稳定性,当HC含量为20wt%,LDPE-g-MAH含量为4wt%时,HC/LDPE-MAH复合材料的拉伸性能最优。     

农林废物生物炭/高密度聚乙烯复合材料的制备与性能

利用稻壳、杨木在600℃下制备稻壳炭、杨木炭,以稻壳、稻壳炭、杨木、杨木炭为填料填充高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)制备复合材料,并对其性能进行测试分析.结果表明,跟稻壳、杨木相比,稻壳炭、杨木炭具有较高的含碳量、较大的比表面积、发达的孔隙结构及较低的极性;稻壳炭/HDPE复合材料的弯曲强度、弯曲模量、拉伸强度、拉伸模量分别为...     

Mechanical properties of high density polyethylene/carbon nanotube composites

Carbon-nanotubes (CNTs) have been used with polymers from the date of their inception to make composites having remarkable properties. An attempt has been made in this direction, in order to enhance mechanical and tribological properties of the composite materials. The latter, were achieved through the injection molding of high density polyethylene (HDPE) reinforced with specific volume fraction of CNTs. A considerable improvement on mechanical properties of the material can be observed when the volume fraction of CNT is increased. The composite reinforcement shows a good load transfer effect and interface link between CNT and HDPE. The volumetric wear rate is calculated from the Wang’s model, Ratner’s correlation and reciprocal of toughness. The results obtained clearly show the linear relationship with CNT loading which supports the microscopic wear model. It is concluded that both Halpin–Tsai and modified series model can be used to predict Young’s modulus of CNT–HDPE composites. From thermal analysis study, it is found that melting point and oxidation temperature of the composites are not affected by the addition of CNTs, however its crystallinity seems to increase.     

改性芳纶纤维增强木粉/高密度聚乙烯复合材料的力学性能

采用螺杆挤出机研究了添加连续芳纶纤维增强木粉/高密度聚乙烯（CAF-WF/HDPE）复合材料,为改善CAF与WF/HDPE复合材料界面相容性,分别采用磷酸和硅烷偶联剂处理纤维。对比表面处理前后的CAF形态分析显示,经过处理的CAF表面粗糙度增加;采用磷酸和硅烷偶联剂处理,纤维束从基体中的拔出强度分别提高了94.9%和77.6%,表明处理后的CAF与WF/HDPE复合材料的界面结合强度有所提高。对比WF/HDPE复合材料,在挤出成型过程中加入未处理CAF,CAF-WF/HDPE复合材料拉伸强度、弯曲强度和冲击强度分别提高了32.1%、35.1%、515.1%;CAF采用硅烷偶联剂处理后,CAF-WF/HDPE复合材料对应的力学性能分别提高了42.0%、37.4%、550.2%。动态力学分析表明:表面处理后CAF与WF/HDPE复合材料的界面相容性得到改善。      

添加纳米碳管对高密度聚乙烯力学行为和结晶过程的影响

利用熔融法制备了一系列具有不同纳米碳管含量的纳米碳管(Q盯)／高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)复合材料。对其拉伸性能的研究结果表明，添加质量分数分别为2％，5％和10％的纳米碳管使HDPE的拉伸模量分别提高了7．4％，27．0％和28．6％，屈服强度分别提高了3．3％，14．4％和18．5％，但是会降低HDPE的断裂强度和断裂伸长率。同时，对复合材料中HDPE结晶过程的研究表明，纳米碳管可以提高HDPE的开始结晶温度，降低结晶活化能，但是会使HDPE的结晶速率下降，结晶度降低。     

稻壳/高密度聚乙烯复合材料与稻壳炭/高密度聚乙烯复合材料性能对比

采用挤出法制备稻壳/高密度聚乙烯（HDPE）和稻壳炭/HDPE复合材料。利用SEM、XRD对稻壳/HDPE和稻壳炭/HDPE复合材料进行表征,并对其力学性能和抗蠕变性能进行测试对比。结果表明,稻壳和HDPE之间的结合方式与稻壳炭和HDPE之间的结合方式存在根本性的差异,稻壳/HDPE复合材料表现为稻壳被HDPE所包裹,稻壳炭/HDPE复合材料表现为HDPE嵌入稻壳炭的孔隙中;稻壳和稻壳炭的加入都会影响HDPE基复合材料的结晶峰强度,但不会对其微晶结构产生影响;无论是抗弯强度、拉伸强度还是抗蠕变强度,稻壳炭/HDPE复合材料都远远强于稻壳/HDPE复合材料。     

Processing and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube-alumina hybrid reinforced high density polyethylene composites

Carbon nanotube-alumina hybrid reinforced high density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix composites were prepared by melt processing technique. Microstructure studies verified that the nanotubes consisting of well-crystallized graphite formed a network structure with Al₂O₃ in the hybrid, which was homogeneously dispersed in the HDPE matrix composites. Mechanical measurements revealed that 5% addition of nanotube-alumina hybrid results in 100.8% and 65.7% simultaneous increases in Young's modulus and tensile strength, respectively. Fracture surface showed homogenous dispersion of nanotubes and Al₂O₃ in the HDPE matrix and presence of interlocking like phenomena between hybrid and HDPE matrix, which might contribute to the effective reinforcement of the HDPE composites.     

Effect of fabrication process on the microstructure and dynamic compressive properties of SiCp/Al composites fabricated by spark plasma sintering

The effect of fabrication process on the microstructure and dynamic properties of SiC_p/Al composites was studied in this paper. Pure Al matrix composites reinforced with 20 vol.% SiC particles were fabricated by spark plasma sintering, and the pre-blended powders were prepared by two different processes. One was to mix the powders in conical flask by using a mechanical stirrer, and the other was the mechanical alloying process by using a planetary ball mill. The sintering temperature was also explored. The conventional split Hopkinson pressure bar was used to test the dynamic properties of these composites. The results show that the sintering temperature significantly affects the consolidation of the composites. The composites, which have not been fully densified, have very loose microstructure and poor mechanical properties. Mechanical alloying process can improve the microstructure and mechanical properties of the composites. These composites are rate dependent, their strengths increase with increasing strain rates.     

短切碳纤维表面处理对木粉/高密度聚乙烯复合材料性能的影响

木粉（WF）填充增强高密度聚乙烯（HDPE）复合材料具有良好的环境效益,少量引入短切碳纤维（SCF）可进一步提高其力学性能。为改善SCF与WF/HDPE复合材料中塑料基体的界面结合,提高SCF在WF/HDPE复合材料中的增强作用,采用气相、液相及气液双效氧化3种表面处理方式处理SCF,通过挤出工艺制备短切碳纤维增强木粉/高密度聚乙烯复合材料（SCF-WF/HDPE）,探讨了不同处理方法对SCF-WF/HDPE复合材料性能的影响。SEM观察显示,表面处理增大了SCF的表面粗糙度,可提高其与基体的界面结合;动态力学性能分析证实碳纤维提高了存储模量。测试结果表明：表面处理过的短切碳纤维可使SCF-WF/HDPE复合材料的力学性能、热力学性能和蠕变性能均得到显著提高,其中气相表面处理的效果最好。对比WF/HDPE复合材料,SCF-WF/HDPE的拉伸强度提高了34.5%,弯曲强度提高了23%,冲击强度提高了54.7%。     

Mechanical properties of epoxy composites filled with silane-functionalized graphene oxide

In this work, the effects of as-produced GO and silane functionalized GO (silane-f-GO) loading and silane functionalization on the mechanical properties of epoxy composites are investigated and compared. Such silane functionalization containing epoxy ended-groups is found to effectively improve the compatibility between the silane-f-GO and the epoxy matrix. Increased storage modulus, glass transition temperature, thermal stability, tensile and flexural properties and fracture toughness of epoxy composites filled with the silane-f-GO sheets are observed compared with those of the neat epoxy and GO/epoxy composites. These findings confirm the improved dispersion and interfacial interaction in the composites arising from covalent bonds between the silane-f-GO and the epoxy matrix. Moreover, several possible fracture mechanisms, i.e. crack pinning/deflection, crack bridging, and matrix plastic deformation initiated by the debonding/delamination of GO sheets, were identified and evaluated.     

Electrical,mechanical and thermal properties of polyvinyl chloride composites filled with aluminum powder

In this work, the electrical, mechanical and thermal properties of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composites filled with different content of aluminum powder varying from 0 to 40 wt.% have been prepared. The dielectric properties of these composites were investigated in the frequency range 100 Hz–100 kHz at temperature range from 30 to 98 °C. The percolation threshold concentration, which is the concentration after which the conductivity increases many orders of magnitude with very little increase in the filler content for PVC/Al composites depends upon the measuring temperature, whether it is below or above the glass transition of the polymer matrix. The highest value of the electrical conductivity, σ, of the composites was found to be in the order of 10⁻⁸ S cm⁻¹, this value recommend such composites to be used in electrostatic dissipation applications as the range of conductivity for such application should be in the range of 10⁻⁵–10⁻⁹ S cm⁻¹.