Morphology, Thermal, Dynamic Mechanical and Mechanical Properties of Long Glass Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers and Polyvinyl Chloride Composites

Abstract:

Thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU) and long glass fiber (LGF) were used to prepare LGF/TPU master batch for increasing the mechanical properties and heat resistance of PVC. It turned out that addition of LGF/TPU contributed to improvement in toughness of PVC but the heat resistance of PVC didn’t increase very evidently. The heat resistance and morphology were observed by vicat test and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) proved that incorporation of LGF/TPU into PVC changed the morphology of the composites and correlated well with the mechanical properties. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) showed that both the glass transition temperature and the storage modulus of PVC increased with the addition of LGF/TPU master batch; the presence of a single Tg indicated that each component of composites was miscible. In this study, the combination properties of the composites with 24wt% LGF was the best proportion in the range of 0-30 phr LGF, because it had the best mechanical properties and heat resistance.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 941-944)
• Pages: 266-274
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.941-944.266
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Kai Zhou Zhang, Qiang Guo*, Bang Sheng You
• Keywords: Composite, Mechanical Property, PVC, Storage Modulus, Tangent Delta

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