Mechanical Properties of Wood Flour Reinforced High Density Polyethylene Composites with Basalt Fibers

Authors

  • Guojun LU Northeast Forestry University
  • Weihong WANG Northeast Forestry University
  • Shijie SHEN Beijing Forestry University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.20.4.6441

Keywords:

Basalt fiber, surface modification, WF/HDPE plastic composites, mechanical properties

Abstract

Basalt fibers (BFs) were surface-treated with a vinyl triethoxy silane coupling agent to improve the mechanical properties of wood fiber-reinforced high density polyethylene (HDPE) composites. Basalt fibers were characterized with SEM and FT-IR. The effects of the basalt fiber content and apparent morphology on the mechanical properties of the hybrid composites were investigated in this paper. The results show that the BF coated with the vinyl triethoxy silane coupling agent resulted in an improvement in mechanical properties due to the increased interfacial compatibility between the BF and HDPE. The flexural strength and impact properties significantly increased with 4 wt.% modified basalt fibers.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.20.4.6441

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Published

2014-12-12

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 4 (2014)

Section

POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES, WOOD

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