Wood Plastic Composites from Oil Palm Wood and HDPE

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Author	Thanawattanasirikul, Natchayapa Ratanawilai, Thanate Pochana, Klangduen
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The purpose of this research was to study and produce wood plastic composites material from palm wood and waste plastic to increase the value of excessive material which could save resource indirectly. Palm wood is a local material which is easy to obtain. Palm wood flour was combined with high density polyethylene (HDPE) dust from waste drinking water bottles and maleic anhydride (MA) was used as an additive for a compatibilizer at various weight ratios of wood flour, HDPE and MA which were 50:47:03, 40:57:03 and 30:67:03. The mixed materials were manufactured by a hot-press method at temperatures 130, 150 and 170 ๐C pressure 2,500 psi and investigated the mechanical properties of the composites material according to the American society for testing and materials (ASTM) method which 5 specimens/treatment. The experimental results were found that hardness, flexural strength, tensile strength, compressive strength and impact energy absorption were increased by the ratio of HDPE and forming temperature which increased. The best mechanical property of wood plastic was 30:67:03 at 170 ๐C. By comparing the best mechanical properties with the commercial wood plastic (CWP), it was found that the tensile strength and impact energy absorption of wood plastic was higher than that of CWP but hardness and compressive strength was lesser. However, the flexural strength was similar to CWP. The total costs were 52.02 bath per piece for 30:67:03, 51.60 bath per piece for 40:57:03 and 51.18 bath per piece for 50:47:03.
Starting Page	285
Ending Page	296
Page Count	12
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Volume Number	38
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Language	English
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