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

Authors : Sameer AWAD

Pages : 1137-1144

Doi:10.18596/jotcsa.984583

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Publication Date : 2021-11-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This article aims to study recycled biochar insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(R-BCH); improvements on the high-density polyethylene insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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 were 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 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DSC); results showed that incorporating R-BCH into pure HDPE improved thermal properties because interfaces between R-BCH and pure HDPE caused decreased brittle behaviour and enhanced the high crosslinking of pure HDPE.
Keywords : HDPE, Recycled Biochar, Tensile strength