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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wen, Yihua
• Tsou, Chi-Hui
• Gao, Chen
• Chen, Jui-Chin
• Tang, Zujiang
• Chen, Zhujun
• Yang, Tao
• Du, Juan
• Yu, Yongqi
• Suen, Maw-Cherng
• Wu, Chin-San
• Hung, Wei-Song
• Wang, Ruo-Yao
• De Guzman, Manuel Reyes

Titel

Evaluating distillers grains as bio-fillers for high-density polyethylene

Ist Teil von

• Journal of polymer research, 2020, Vol.27 (6), Article 167

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Bio-composites are known to have poor properties. The reason is the absence of chemical bonding between bio-fillers and polymers. In this present study, we prepared composites with a bio-filler by melt blending distillers grains (DG) with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and modified HDPE (MHDPE), and compared the characteristics of the composites. Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry, mechanical property measurement, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, contact angle measuring instrument, and water absorption analysis were used to assess DG as a bio-filler. From the results of hydrophilicity measurement, water absorption, morphology, and tensile strength tests, MHDPE was found to have a better interfacial adhesion with DG. The yield strength and crystallinity of DG/MHDPE bio-composites with 50% DG were higher than those of pure HDPE. As DG improved the bio-composite performance, it would have broad application prospects as a bio-filler.