Processing of Sustainable Polymer with Thermoplastics by Injection Moulding

Abstract:

Among different natural oils, recycling of waste vegetable oils from palm oil is widely explored for polyol synthesis to prevent pollution of waterways and clogging private and municipal drain systems, restaurants and other food preparation. The polyol is solidifying using cross linker and known as Sustainable Polymer (SP). SP is compounded with High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) by melt-mixing using an injection molding machine. The effect of polymer compounding ratio on the mechanical properties was studied by tensile test. The result indicated that increasing the SP content in LDPE or HDPE was responsible to the reduction of tensile strength and elongation at break of the samples, if compared to pure thermoplastic LDPE and HDPE. This can be verified by increased in SP amount which gave a significant increase in density of the polymer compounds. Morphological of tensile specimens’ surface fracture is revealed the homogenous characteristic with high compatibility properties of sustainable polymer with its compounded polymers.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 799-800)
• Pages: 57-61
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.799-800.57
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Anika Zafiah Mohd Rus*, Nurul Syamimi M. Salim, M.F. Idaris
• Keywords: Hydroxylated, Polyethylene, Sustainable Polymer

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