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Manufacture and Mechanical Properties of PET-Based Composites Reinforced with Zinc Particles

Received: 14 March 2017     Accepted: 30 March 2017     Published: 19 April 2017
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Abstract

This work analyzes the mechanical behavior of new composite materials with polymeric matrix, made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET), reinforced with 10, 20, 30 and 40 wt% Zn metal particles, processed under isothermal sintering at constant temperature (256°C) and time (15 min) conditions. The r-PET/Zn composite material samples were obtained by a powder traditional technique, namely, ball-milling, uniaxial dye-pressing to obtain pre-forms followed by isothermal sintering. The observations through optical microscopy of the overall morphologies that resulted after sintering the samples studied, were compared against the r-PET-control sample without reinforcement, processed under the same conditions. From the results, it was found that the metal particles were distributed uniformly in the matrix; further, increasing amounts of metal particles tended to improve the mechanical behavior resulting in a stronger material, as was the case of the two materials with higher metal contents (30 and 40 wt% Zn).

Published in American Journal of Physical Chemistry (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajpc.20170602.13
Page(s) 31-36
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Keywords

PET, Mechanical Properties, Zinc Reinforcements, Recycled Polymer

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  • Departamento de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, México

  • Departamento de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, México

  • Departamento de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, México

  • Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM-Valle de México), Atizapán, México

  • Laboratorio de Microscopía Electrónica de Ultra Alta Resolución, Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Ciudad de México, México

  • Universidad Politécnica de Victoria, Ciudad Victoria, México

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