Wood–plastic composites as promising green-composites for automotive industries!
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Wood-plastic composite (WPC) is a very promising and sustainable green material to achieve durability without using toxic chemicals. The term WPCs refers to any composites that contain plant fiber and thermosets or thermoplastics. In comparison to other fibrous materials, plant fibers are in general suitable to reinforce plastics due to relative high strength and stiffness, low cost, low density, low CO2 emission, biodegradability and annually renewable. Plant fibers as fillers and reinforcements for polymers are currently the fastest-growing type of polymer additives. Since automakers are aiming to make every part either recyclable or biodegradable, there still seems to be some scope for green-composites based on biodegradable polymers and plant fibers. From a technical point of view, these bio-based composites will enhance mechanical strength and acoustic performance, reduce material weight and fuel consumption, lower production cost, improve passenger safety and shatterproof performance under extreme temperature changes, and improve biodegradability for the auto interior parts.
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MAPP or MAPE compatibilizers improve the compatibility and interfacial adhesion between polymer and wood in WPC.
“This bond enhances the compatibility and the interfacial adhesion between polymer and wood, and leads to the improvement of mechanical properties of WPC [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34].”
From Utilization of Municipal Plastic and Wood Waste in Industrial Manufacturing of Wood Plastic Composites (2020) · cites this paper as [28]
The improved compatibility and interfacial adhesion between polymer and wood leads to improvement of mechanical properties of WPC.
“This bond enhances the compatibility and the interfacial adhesion between polymer and wood, and leads to the improvement of mechanical properties of WPC [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34].”
From Utilization of Municipal Plastic and Wood Waste in Industrial Manufacturing of Wood Plastic Composites (2020) · cites this paper as [28]
The improvement in mechanical properties of the composites with the use of compatibilizer were also reported by previous studies.
“The improvement in mechanical properties of the composites with the use of compatibilizer were also reported by previous studies [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34].”
From Utilization of Municipal Plastic and Wood Waste in Industrial Manufacturing of Wood Plastic Composites (2020) · cites this paper as [28]
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- Authors
- Ashori, A.
- Affiliations
- Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IR)
- Corresponding author
- Ashori, Alireza
- ORCID
- Ashori, Alireza
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-07
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 4661-4667
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2150521707
- Cited by
- 1,001
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 1.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
- Keywords
- wood-plastic composites, plant fibers, automotive interior components, green composites, biodegradable polymers, natural fiber reinforcement, lightweight materials, fuel consumption reduction, acoustic performance, mechanical strength, recyclable materials
- MeSH terms
- Automobiles, Industry, Plants, Plastics, Wood
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