COMPARISON OF RHEOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE – SHORT GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES

Authors

  • S. Shahid Department of Polymer & Process Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • A. Ali Department of Polymer & Process Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • M. N. Khan Department of Polymer & Process Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • M. B. Khan School of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME), NUST, H-12 Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract

Short glass fiber (SGF) reinforced composite materials were principally fabricated using polypropylene (PP) as thermoplastic matrix. Short glass fiber and polypropylene frequently suffer from lack of adequate fiber-matrix adhesion. This problem was addressed by grafting polypropylene (PP) with maleic anhydride (MA) in the presence of benzyl peroxide (BPO) as an initiator. The results revealed that by increasing fiber contents from 5 to 40 %, tensile strength increases while elongation at break decreases. Rheological behavior was found to be pseudoplastic, whereas viscosity increases by increasing SGF contents. A decrease in die swell was observed with increase in SGF contents.

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Published

26-06-2020

How to Cite

[1]
S. Shahid, A. Ali, M. N. Khan, and M. B. Khan, “COMPARISON OF RHEOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE – SHORT GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES”, The Nucleus, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 459–464, Jun. 2020.

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Vol. 46 No. 4 (2009)

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