Softwood Distillate as a Bio-Based Additive in Wood-Plastic Composites

Väisänen, Taneli; Heikkinen, Jorma; Tomppo, Laura; Lappalainen, Reijo

doi:10.1080/02773813.2015.1137947

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“…Previous studies exhibited that utilizing crop residues or natural wastes such as rice straw, sugar cane, flax, hemp, jute, wood chips, or tea residues to replace wood fibers enhanced notably mechanical and thermal properties of wood-plastic composites (WPCs) (17)(18)(19). For example, Wu et al (20) prepared cotton stalk bark (CSB) reinforced polypropylene (PP), and their mechanical, thermal, and morphology properties were investigated.…”

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Swelling, Thermal and Mechanical Characterizations of High-Density Polyethylene/ Recycled Biochar Composites

Awad

2021

Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry

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The application of recycled natural materials waste as biochar fillers in polymer composites can be observed as a sustainable approach. This article aims to study recycled biochar (R-BCH) improvements on the high-density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix properties. A series of composites was developed with a different loading varying from 0 to 10 wt.% of R-BCH, using a twin-screw extruder followed by compression molding. The results showed that the addition of 3-10% of R-BCH in pure HDPE led to an increase in the tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and a decrease of elongation at break. Furthermore, the differential scanning calorimetry analysis (DSC) results showed that incorporating R-BCH into pure HDPE improved thermal properties because interfaces between R-BCH and pure HDPE caused decreased brittle behavior and enhanced the high crosslinking of pure HDPE.

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