TY - GEN
T1 - The effects of compatibilizers in injection moulded wood plastic composites
AU - Burgstaller, Christoph
AU - Stadlbauer, Wolfgang
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The aim of this work was to investigate the various effects of compatibilizers on different aspects. The polypropylene based WPC, containing different compatibilizers, were produced via compounding and injection molding. Testing for tensile and impact strengths as well as for MFR and shrinkage was carried out subsequently. We found, that the presence of a compatibilizer not only enhances tensile strength (up to 80%, depending on wood and compatibilizer concentration), but also influence other properties, e.g. shrinkage and MVR are increasing with increasing compatibilizer concentration. Furthermore, with the help of a saturation model, the effects of different compatibilizer grades, exhibiting different maleic anhydride content as well as different viscosity, were evaluated to get deeper insight in the mechanisms.
AB - The aim of this work was to investigate the various effects of compatibilizers on different aspects. The polypropylene based WPC, containing different compatibilizers, were produced via compounding and injection molding. Testing for tensile and impact strengths as well as for MFR and shrinkage was carried out subsequently. We found, that the presence of a compatibilizer not only enhances tensile strength (up to 80%, depending on wood and compatibilizer concentration), but also influence other properties, e.g. shrinkage and MVR are increasing with increasing compatibilizer concentration. Furthermore, with the help of a saturation model, the effects of different compatibilizer grades, exhibiting different maleic anhydride content as well as different viscosity, were evaluated to get deeper insight in the mechanisms.
KW - Compatibilizer
KW - Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Wood plastic composites
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77956743220
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77956743220
SN - 9781617386602
T3 - Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings
SP - 1201
EP - 1205
BT - 68th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2010, ANTEC 2010
T2 - 68th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2010, ANTEC 2010
Y2 - 16 May 2010 through 20 May 2010
ER -