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Potential Use of Recycled PET in Comparison with Liquid Crystalline Polyester as a Dual Functional Additive for Enhancing Heat Stability and Reinforcement for High Density Polyethylene Composite Fibers

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The recycle poly(ethylene terephthalate) (rPET) used as an alternative reinforcing material for in situ microfibrillar-reinforced composite, compared with liquid crystalline polymer (LCP), was investigated. The PE-LCP and PE-rPET composites were prepared as fiber using hot drawing process. The effects of draw ratios and compatibilizer (styrene-ethylene butylene-styrene-grafted maleic anhydride, SEBS-g-MA) loading on morphology, tensile properties, thermal stability and dynamic mechanical characteristics of the LCP- and rPET-composite systems were studied. In as-spun samples containing compatibilizer, the fibrillation of LCP domains was observed whereas rPET domains appeared as droplets. After drawing, good fibrillation of LCP and rPET domains is remarkably observed especially in the composite fibers with compatibilizer loading. The mechanical properties of the composite fibers were strongly depended on the fibrillation of the dispersed phases which directly related the levels of draw ratio and compatibilizer loading. The mechanical properties enhanced by SEBS-g-MA were more pronounced in the rPET than LCP systems. The presence of rPET in the composite fibers alone or with the compatibilizer clearly improved the thermal resistance of PE whereas no significant change in thermal stability for the LCP-containing composite fibers with and without compatibilizer loading. The results from dynamic mechanical analysis revealed that an improvement in dynamic mechanical properties of the composite fibers could be achieved by drawing with optimum draw ratio together with optimum compatibilizer dosage. All obtained results suggested the high potential of rPET minor blend-component as a good reinforcing and thermal resistant materials for the thermoplastic composite fiber, in replacing the more expensive LCP.

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Financial support from Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC), Ministry of Education, is gratefully acknowledged. We also would like to acknowledge Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University and Higher Education Research Promotion and National Research Universities Development for partial financial support.

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  1. Materials Science Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, 44150, Thailand

    Supattra Kayaisang & Sunan Saikrasun

  2. Center for Alternative Energy, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 999 Phuttamonthon 4 Road, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand

    Taweechai Amornsakchai

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Kayaisang, S., Saikrasun, S. & Amornsakchai, T. Potential Use of Recycled PET in Comparison with Liquid Crystalline Polyester as a Dual Functional Additive for Enhancing Heat Stability and Reinforcement for High Density Polyethylene Composite Fibers. J Polym Environ 21, 191–206 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-012-0446-1

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