Effects of wood constituents and content, and glass fiber reinforcement on wear behavior of Wood/PVC composites
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Author list: Jeamtrakull S., Kositchaiyong A., Markpin T., Sombatsompop N.
Publisher: Hindawi
Publication year: 2010
Volume number: 1
Issue number: 7
Start page: 402
End page: 405
Number of pages: 4
ISBN: 9781632660756
ISSN: 0146-9428
eISSN: 1745-4557
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
Three different types of wood flour particles: namely; Xylia Kerri Craib & Hutch, Hevea Brasiliensis Linn and Mangifera Indica Linn, were used and incorporated into poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC). The wear properties of wood/PVC (WPVC) composites with and without the glass fiber were evaluated for the effects of constituent in wood and wood concentration. The results were reported in terms of specific wear rate as a function of wood content (0-60 parts per hundred ratios, phr) and sliding distance (0 - 2.0 km). The experimental results revealed that the longer sliding distance was greater the specific wear rate in the WPVC composites both with and without E-glass fibers. Without E-glass fiber, it was found that the Xylia Kerri Craib at 40 phr of wood flour showed lowest specific wear rate. The wear properties were found to improve with the addition of 10 phr E-glass fibers into the WPVC composites. The Hevea Brasiliensis Linn gave lowest specific wear rate for glass-fiber reinforced WPVC composites.
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Wear behavior, Wood/polymer composites
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