Recycling of wood fiber‐reinforced HDPE by multiple reprocessing |
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| Authors: | Dan Åkesson Torsten Fuchs Michael Stöss Andrew Root Erik Stenvall Mikael Skrifvars |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Bor?s, Bor?s, Sweden;2. MagSol, Helsinki, Finland;3. Department of Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, G?teborg, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | The mechanical recycling of high‐density polyethylene (HDPE) reinforced with wood fiber was studied by means of repeated injection moulding. The change in properties during the recycling was monitored by tensile and flexural tests, Charpy impact tests, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), FTIR spectroscopy, and by measuring the fiber lengths. Tests were also done where injection moulding was combined with subsequent accelerated thermo‐oxidative ageing and thereafter repeated numerous times. The results showed that the HDPE composites were relatively stable toward both the ageing conditions and the repeated injection moulding. The change of the mechanical properties was mainly observed as an increased elongation at max. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016 , 133, 43877. |
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| Keywords: | biopolymers and renewable polymers cellulose and other wood products composites polyolefins recycling |
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