Study on short glass fiber‐reinforced poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐4‐hydroxybutyrate) composites |
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| Authors: | Zhifang Yu Yaya Yang Linlin Zhang Yongchao Ding Xiangming Chen Kaitian Xu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063 China;2. Department of Chemistry, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063 China |
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| Abstract: | Biobased non‐fossil polyester poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐4‐hydroxybutyrate) (P3/4HB) containing 4.0 mol % 4‐hydroxybutyrate (4HB) was melt‐mixed with short glass fibers (SGF) via a co‐rotating twin‐screw extruder. The compositing conditions, average glass fiber length and distribution, thermal, crystallization, and mechanical properties of the P3/4HB/SGF composites were investigated. Calcium stearate, two kinds of paraffin wax and modified ethylene bis‐stearamide (TAF) were investigated as lubricants for the P3/4HB/SGF composites. It revealed that TAF is the most efficient lubricant of the P3/4HB/SGF composites. Coupling agents 2,2′‐(1,3‐phenylene)bis‐2‐oxazoline (1,3‐PBO) and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) were used as end‐group crosslinkers to reduce the degradation of P3/4HB and increase the mechanical properties of the P3/4HB/SGF composites. It showed that 1,3‐PBO is the efficient coupling agent. The optimum condition of the P3/4HB/SGF composites is 1.5 phr TAF, 1.0 phr 1,3‐PBO, and 30 wt % glass fiber content. And the maximum of tensile strength, tensile modulus, and impact strength of the composites is 3.7, 6.6, 1.8 times of the neat P3/4HB polymer, respectively. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012 |
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| Keywords: | blends compounding biodegradable |
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