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Mechanical and Impact Properties and Heat Deflection Temperature of Wood Flour-reinforced Recycled Polyethylene Green Composites

목분강화 재활용폴리에틸렌 그린복합재료의 기계적 특성, 충격 특성 및 열변형온도

  • Lee, Ki-Young (Polymer/Bio-Composites Research Lab, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Cho, Dong-Hwan (Polymer/Bio-Composites Research Lab, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technolog)
  • 이기영 (금오공과대학교 고분자공학과) ;
  • 조동환 (금오공과대학교 고분자공학과)
  • Received : 2011.07.22
  • Accepted : 2011.08.12
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

Considering of utilizing renewable resources and recycled plastics, green composites consisted of recycled polyethylene (PE) as matrix and eco-friendly natural fibers as reinforcement were processed and characterized in the present study. First, the wood flour/recycled polyethylene pellets with different wood flour contents were prepared by twin-screw extrusion processing. Using the pellets, wood flour/recycled polyethylene green composites were fabricated and the effects of wood flour loading on their flexural, tensile, impact properties, heat deflection temperature and fracture behavior were investigated. It was concluded that the flexural strength, flexural modulus, tensile modulus and heat deflection temperature of wood flour/recycled polyethylene green composites were increased with wood flour, whereas the tensile strength and impact strength were decreased. The fracture behavior observed by means of scanning electron microscopy supported qualitatively the tendency of the impact strength with wood flour loading, compared with the ductile fracture pattern of recycled polyethylene.

본 연구에서는 자원 재활용 측면에서 매트릭스수지로 재활용플라스틱과 보강재로 친환경 천연섬유로 구성된 그린복합재료를 제조하고 그 특성을 탐구하였다. 먼저 재활용폴리에틸렌과 천연섬유인 목분을 이용하여 이축 압출공 정 방법으로 목분함량이 서로 다른 펠렛을 제조하였다. 이 펠렛을 사용하여 압축성형 방법으로 목분/재활용폴리에틸렌 그린복합재료를 제조하고, 그들의 굴곡특성, 인장특성, 충격특성, 열변형온도 그리고 파단거동에 미치는 목분함량의 영향을 조사하였다. 결과는 목분/재활용폴리에틸렌 그린복합재료의 굴곡강도, 굴곡탄성률, 인장탄성률 및 열변형온도 는 목분함량이 증가함에 따라 크게 향상된 반면, 인장강도와 충격특성은 감소한다는 나타내었다. 주사전자현미경으로 관찰한 파단거동은 재활용폴리에틸렌의 유연한 파단현상과 비교하여 목분함량이 증가함에 따라 변화하는 충격거동 경향을 정성적으로 뒷받침해주었다.

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