TY - GEN
T1 - Improving interfacial adhesion in wood plastic composites
AU - Burgstaller, Christoph
AU - Priller, Bastian
AU - Stadlbauer, Wolfgang
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The aim of this work was to improve the interfacial adhesion between the matrix and the wood particles in polypropylene based wood plastic composites with the addition of chemical agents at the wood particle surface. We found, that with the addition of rather small, linear molecules, e.g. ε-Caprolactone, interfacial adhesion, and therefore tensile strength, was improved up to 10% additionally to the benefits of a common maleic anhydride based compatibilizer. Furthermore, we found that also the chemical composition of the molecules added at the surface shows an influence at the extent of the improvement.
AB - The aim of this work was to improve the interfacial adhesion between the matrix and the wood particles in polypropylene based wood plastic composites with the addition of chemical agents at the wood particle surface. We found, that with the addition of rather small, linear molecules, e.g. ε-Caprolactone, interfacial adhesion, and therefore tensile strength, was improved up to 10% additionally to the benefits of a common maleic anhydride based compatibilizer. Furthermore, we found that also the chemical composition of the molecules added at the surface shows an influence at the extent of the improvement.
KW - Chemical modification
KW - Compatibilisation
KW - Interfacial shear strength
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Wood plastic composites
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80051730260&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80051730260
SN - 9781617829604
T3 - Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings
SP - 616
EP - 621
BT - 69th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2011, ANTEC 2011
T2 - 69th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2011, ANTEC 2011
Y2 - 1 May 2011 through 5 May 2011
ER -