Glass fibres reinforced polyester composites degradation monitoring by surface analysis

Croitoru, Cătălin; Paţachia, Silvia; Papancea, Adina; Baltes, Liana; Țierean, Mircea Horia

doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.06.070

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“…Five drops (5 µL) of the respective test liquids were placed on different regions of the analyzed area, and the contact angles at the beginning of the wetting process have been determined with DataPhysics OCA20 goniometer's SCA20 software. From the values of the initial contact angles, the total surface energy (γ tot ) with its polar (γ p ) and dispersive components (γ d ) as per the OWRK approach was calculated with the help of the goniometer's software. The relative error for the contact angle determinations and for the polar and dispersive components of the surface energy was ±2%.…”

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Calcium carbonate and wood reinforced hybrid PVC composites

Croitoru

Spirchez

Cristea

et al. 2018

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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In this article, poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) sandwich-structured hybrid composites with amorphous calcium carbonate and wood-filled cores were obtained by compression molding. It has been determined that wood addition up to a weight ratio of 33% reported to the total filler amount is beneficial in improving both the inter-filler and filler-matrix interfacial adhesion, which alongside with the promoting of the amorphous PVC matrix crystallization is responsible for an increase up to 34% in the flexural strength of the composites, compared to unfilled PVC. The hybrid filled composites present up to 35% lower friction coefficients and up to 20% higher Brinell hardness values than the composites filled with calcium carbonate alone. Subsequently, wood addition determines an increase in the oxidation onset temperature for PVC and an increase with up to 20% in the sound and thermal-insulative properties of the composites, compared to unfilled PVC. The dominating dispersive part of the composites surface energy aids in improving the mass and dimensional stability of the assembly to both water and dilute hydrochloric acid aqueous solutions. V C 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2018, 135, 46317.

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