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COBEM 2019
25th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS OF rPP REINFORCED WITH EUCALYPTUS FIBERS AND GRANITE POWDER
Submission Author:
Antônio Carlos Barbosa Zancanella , ES
Co-Authors:
Antônio Carlos Barbosa Zancanella, Rômulo Maziero
Presenter: Bruno de Oliveira Schneider
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2019.COB2019-0247
Abstract
The development of new polymer composites, from recycled plastic packaging with waste from the wood industry and ornamental rocks, allows the reduction of the volume of these materials, minimizing environmental impacts, such as soil and water contamination. In this work were prepared composite materials with different mass fractions, from the mixture of untreated eucalyptus fibers and granite powder as recycled polypropylene (rPP) reinforcements. The physical and chemical characterization of eucalyptus fibers and granite powder derived from residual abrasive sludge from granite processing was performed. The composites were made in a single screw extruder and characterized by the melt flow index (MFI). Preliminary results show that the fillers have reinforcement potential in the manufacture of composites, due to their composition and geometry. The MFI of the composites is influenced by the type of filler and impurities present in the rPP, consequence of the recycling process
Keywords
hybrid composites, Wastes, Thermoplastics, Wood, granite
