Publicación: EXTRUSION OF FOAMED WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES. PART I: PHYSICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATIN.
dc.creator | WILLIAM ARNOLDO GACITÚA ESCOBAR | |
dc.creator | ALDO AQUILES BALLERINI ARROYO | |
dc.date | 2017 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-10T14:56:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-01-10T14:56:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: THE USE OF WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES (WPCS) HAS BEEN LIMITED DUE TO THEIR LOW IMPACT STRENGTH AND HIGH DENSITY COMPARED TO NATURAL WOOD. OBJECTIVE: TO CHARACTERIZE THE CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY AND DENSITY OF WPCS PREPARED WITH VIRGIN AND RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE, AND PINUS RADIATA WOOD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: THE POLYMER AND THE FOAMED WPCS WERE MANUFACTURED BY AN EXTRUSION PROCESS. THE VIRGIN AND RECYCLED HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE WAS MIXED SEPARATELY WITH P. RADIATA WOOD. THE PLASTIC/WOOD RATIOS WERE 80/20 AND 70/30, WITH AN ENDOTHERMIC FOAMING AGENT (HYDROCEROL 1700 AT 1 AND 3%), A COUPLING AGENT (LICOCENE 4351), AND A LUBRICATING AGENT (LICOLUB H12) ADDED. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: THE DENSITY OF VIRGIN POLYMER, WITH 1 AND 3% FOAMING AGENT, WAS REDUCED BY 39 AND 20%, RESPECTIVELY, BUT IN THE RECYCLED POLYMER THE REDUCTION WAS 18 AND 23%, RESPECTIVELY. IN THE FOAMED WPCS, THE REDUCTION WAS LESS THAN 10%. THE FOAMED COMPOSITES HAD SMALLER BUBBLE DIAMETER AND HIGHER CELL DENSITY. THE VOID FRACTION WAS HIGHER IN THE VIRGIN POLYMER AT 3% FOAMING. CONCLUSION: THE USE OF A FOAMING AGENT GAVE BETTER PHYSICAL PROPERTIES TO THE COMPOSITES | |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5154/r.rchscfa.2016.09.051 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2007-4018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2007-3828 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.ubiobio.cl/handle/123456789/9692 | |
dc.language | spa | |
dc.publisher | REVISTA CHAPINGO SERIE CIENCIAS FORESTALES Y DEL AMBIENTE | |
dc.relation.uri | 10.5154/r.rchscfa.2016.09.051 | |
dc.rights | PUBLICADA | |
dc.title | EXTRUSION OF FOAMED WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES. PART I: PHYSICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATIN. | |
dc.title.alternative | EXTRUSIÓN DE COMPOSITES ESPUMADOS MADERA-PLÁSTICO. PARTE I: CARACTERIZACIÓN FÍSICA Y MORFOLÓGICA | |
dc.type | ARTÍCULO | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
ubb.Estado | PUBLICADA | |
ubb.Otra Reparticion | DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERIA EN MADERAS | |
ubb.Otra Reparticion | DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERIA EN MADERAS | |
ubb.Sede | CONCEPCIÓN | |
ubb.Sede | CONCEPCIÓN |