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http://dx.doi.org/10.12925/jkocs.2007.24.4.13

Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polypropylene/Wax/MAPP Composites Reinforced with High Loading of Wood Flour  

Lee, Sun-Young (Division of Environmental Material Engineering, Department of Forest Products, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kang, In-Aeh (Division of Environmental Material Engineering, Department of Forest Products, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Doh, Geum-Hyun (Division of Environmental Material Engineering, Department of Forest Products, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Mohan, D. Jagan (Division of Environmental Material Engineering, Department of Forest Products, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology / v.24, no.4, 2007 , pp. 416-426 More about this Journal
Abstract
Polypropylene (PP) composites with wood flour/wax/coupling agent were manufactured by melt compounding and injection molding. The influence of wood flour(WF), wax, and coupling agent on the mechanical and thermal properties of the composites was investigated. The addition of wood flour to neat PP has the higher tensile modulus and strength compared with neat PP. The presence of wax also improved the tensile modulus. At the same loading of PP and WF, the addition of coupling agent highly decreased the tensile modulus, and increased the tensile strength. From thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), the addition of wax improved the thermal stability of the composites in the later stages of degradation. The presence of MAPP and wood flour in turn decreased thermal stabilities of composites. From differential scanning calorimetry analysis (DSC), neither the loading of wax. nor the presence of MAPP has shown significant effect on the thermal transition of composites.
Keywords
wood flour; tensile properties; thermogravimetric analysis; differential scanning calorimetry; wax; coupling agent;
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