Caracterização de compósitos de polipropileno reciclado e fibra de coco

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Jafelice, Domingos Antônio
• Orientador(a): Miranda, Leila Figueiredo de
• Banca de defesa: Pereira, Nilson Casimiro , Wiebeck, Hélio
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Engenharia de Materiais
• Departamento: Engenharia de Materiais
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: polipropileno; reciclagem; fibra de coco; agente de acoplagem; compósito
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: polypropylene; recycling; coconut fiber; coupling agent; composite
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA DE MATERIAIS E METALURGICA
• Link de acesso: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/24166

Despite their many advantages for use in applications such as packaging, garbage bags, personal items, automotive components, appliance, marine, aviation, among others, plastics have a disadvantage at the time of disposal: harm the environment. For this reason, the recycling of plastic has been used frequently by their economic, social and ecological viability. To optimize the properties of plastics often recycled, natural or synthetic fibers are blended to the materials forming the composites. The polymeric composite materials are increasingly used in various applications for their outstanding mechanical, physical and chemical properties. In this study, we characterized the mechanical and morphological properties of recycled polypropylene with coconut fiber. Compounds were obtained by means of mechanical processing, with concentrations of 25%, 20%, 15% and 10% of fibrous reinforcement with and without addition of coupling agent (functionalized polypropylene with maleic anidride). The results showed that the addition of coconut fiber to recycled polypropylene, in the studied concentrations, causes an increase in thermal and mechanical properties such as tensile strength and impact, and a decrease in hardness, and there was almost no change in processing conditions (Melt Index).