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The Integral Utilization of Date Palm Waste to Produce Plastic Composites

In this work, date palm waste (DPW) stemming from the annual pruning of date palm was used as a reinforcing filler in polypropylene matrix at 20–60 wt.%. Only a grinding process of the DPW has been performed to ensure no residue generation and full utilization. The present work investigates how the...

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Autores principales: Belgacem, Chihaoui, Serra-Parareda, Ferran, Tarrés, Quim, Mutjé, Pere, Delgado-Aguilar, Marc, Boufi, Sami
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8309512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34301092
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13142335
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author Belgacem, Chihaoui
Serra-Parareda, Ferran
Tarrés, Quim
Mutjé, Pere
Delgado-Aguilar, Marc
Boufi, Sami
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description In this work, date palm waste (DPW) stemming from the annual pruning of date palm was used as a reinforcing filler in polypropylene matrix at 20–60 wt.%. Only a grinding process of the DPW has been performed to ensure no residue generation and full utilization. The present work investigates how the DPW use affects mechanical properties and water absorption of the ensuing composite. The effect of the addition of maleated polypropylene (MAPP) as a coupling agent on the composite properties was also studied. It was shown that the reinforcing potential of DPW was strongly dependent on aspect ratio and interface quality. The MAPP addition resulted in a composite with higher strength and stiffness than the neat PP, meaning that DPW behaves as reinforcement. The difference in the reinforcing effect was explained by the change in the quality of the interface between date palm waste and the polypropylene polymeric chain.
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spelling pubmed-83095122021-07-25 The Integral Utilization of Date Palm Waste to Produce Plastic Composites Belgacem, Chihaoui Serra-Parareda, Ferran Tarrés, Quim Mutjé, Pere Delgado-Aguilar, Marc Boufi, Sami Polymers (Basel) Article In this work, date palm waste (DPW) stemming from the annual pruning of date palm was used as a reinforcing filler in polypropylene matrix at 20–60 wt.%. Only a grinding process of the DPW has been performed to ensure no residue generation and full utilization. The present work investigates how the DPW use affects mechanical properties and water absorption of the ensuing composite. The effect of the addition of maleated polypropylene (MAPP) as a coupling agent on the composite properties was also studied. It was shown that the reinforcing potential of DPW was strongly dependent on aspect ratio and interface quality. The MAPP addition resulted in a composite with higher strength and stiffness than the neat PP, meaning that DPW behaves as reinforcement. The difference in the reinforcing effect was explained by the change in the quality of the interface between date palm waste and the polypropylene polymeric chain. MDPI 2021-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8309512/ /pubmed/34301092 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13142335 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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