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The effect of compatibilizers on impact strength of Polypropylene (PP) / Polylactic Acid (PLA) alloys

TP1180.P68 R72 2017

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Main Author: Pravin Loganathan
Format: text::Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Biodegradable plastics
Polypropylene
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-353392024-12-15T02:03:21Z The effect of compatibilizers on impact strength of Polypropylene (PP) / Polylactic Acid (PLA) alloys Pravin Loganathan Biodegradable plastics Polypropylene TP1180.P68 R72 2017 Two polymers are blended to produce a new material with certain properties viz. popular subject. The purpose is to produce combined effect among the polymer blend with enhanced properties. Although the polymer blend manifest enhanced properties compared to the single polymers the substance of the two polymers can cause less desirable properties that obtained from melting process. Hence, to enhance the miscibility among the composite of polymers compatibilizers are added. In this project, the effect of compatibilizer on impact strength of Polypropylene (PP) / Polylactic Acid (PLA) was studied and the compatibilizer used is Triethoxyvinyl Silane (TEVS). The blend was done to enhance the properties of pure polymer and to increase the adhesion. The mixing process was carried out using twin screw extruder and the test specimen samples were obtained through injection molding process. The mechanical properties viz. Izod impact test and hardness test were performed and it is found that pure PP has higher impact strength compared to other blend and pure PLA. Besides that, the increment of PLA into PP blend reduced the impact strength and hardness resistance. Therefore, compatibilizer TEVS is not suitable for the PP/PLA alloy composites based on the results obtained. 2024-12-13T08:04:05Z 2024-12-13T08:04:05Z 2017 Resource Types::text::Final Year Project https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/35339 en application/pdf
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topic Biodegradable plastics
Polypropylene
spellingShingle Biodegradable plastics
Polypropylene
Pravin Loganathan
The effect of compatibilizers on impact strength of Polypropylene (PP) / Polylactic Acid (PLA) alloys
description TP1180.P68 R72 2017
format Resource Types::text::Final Year Project
author Pravin Loganathan
author_facet Pravin Loganathan
author_sort Pravin Loganathan
title The effect of compatibilizers on impact strength of Polypropylene (PP) / Polylactic Acid (PLA) alloys
title_short The effect of compatibilizers on impact strength of Polypropylene (PP) / Polylactic Acid (PLA) alloys
title_full The effect of compatibilizers on impact strength of Polypropylene (PP) / Polylactic Acid (PLA) alloys
title_fullStr The effect of compatibilizers on impact strength of Polypropylene (PP) / Polylactic Acid (PLA) alloys
title_full_unstemmed The effect of compatibilizers on impact strength of Polypropylene (PP) / Polylactic Acid (PLA) alloys
title_sort effect of compatibilizers on impact strength of polypropylene (pp) / polylactic acid (pla) alloys
publishDate 2024
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