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《环境科学与工程前沿(英文)》 >> 2017年 第11卷 第5期 doi: 10.1007/s11783-017-0991-x

Recycling polymeric waste from electronic and automotive sectors into value added products

. Centre for Polymer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016, India.. Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT), School of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia.. CSIR- Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Advanced Materials Technology Department, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa 751013, India.. Industrial Design, Australian School of Architecture and Design, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia

发布日期: 2017-09-08

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摘要

The environmentally sustainable disposal and recycling of ever increasing volumes of electronic waste has become global waste management issue. The addition of up to 25% polymeric waste PCBs (printed circuit boards) as fillers in polypropylene (PP) composites was partially successful: while the tensile modulus, flexural strength and flexural modulus of composites were enhanced, the tensile and impact strengths were found to decrease. As a lowering of impact strength can significantly limit the application of PP based composites, it is necessary to incorporate impact modifying polymers such as rubbery particles in the mix. We report on a novel investigation on the simultaneous utilization of electronic and automotive rubber waste as fillers in PP composites. These composites were prepared by using 25 wt.% polymeric PCB powder, up to 9% of ethylene propylene rubber (EPR), and PP: balance. The influence of EPR on the structural, thermal, mechanical and rheological properties of PP/PCB/EPR composites was investigated. While the addition of EPR caused the nucleation of the β crystalline phase of PP, the onset temperature for thermal degradation was found to decrease by 8%. The tensile modulus and strength decreased by 16% and 19%, respectively; and the elongation at break increased by ~71%. The impact strength showed a maximum increase of ~18% at 7 wt.%–9 wt.% EPR content. Various rheological properties were found to be well within the range of processing limits. This novel eco-friendly approach could help utilize significant amounts of polymeric electronic and automotive waste for fabricating valuable polymer composites.

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