Production and investigation of structure and properties of polyethylene–polylactide composites

ABSTRACT Under conditions of shear deformations, low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) and polylactide (PLA) composites are obtained in rotor disperser. The production of these composites allows one to use polymers derived from natural raw and to reduce the cost of the materials on their base. The additio...

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Published in:Journal of applied polymer science 2019-06, Vol.136 (22), p.n/a
Main Authors: Rogovina, Svetlana, Prut, Eduard, Aleksanyan, Kristine, Krasheninnikov, Vadim, Perepelitsyna, Evgeniya, Shashkin, Dmitrii, Ivanushkina, Natalya, Berlin, Aleksandr
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Language:English
Subjects:
Chain scission
composites
Deformation
degradation
Degree of crystallinity
Depolymerization
differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
Dimers
Low density polyethylenes
Materials science
mechanical properties
Modulus of elasticity
polyesters
Polyethylene
Polymer matrix composites
Polymers
X-ray diffraction
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Summary:ABSTRACT Under conditions of shear deformations, low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) and polylactide (PLA) composites are obtained in rotor disperser. The production of these composites allows one to use polymers derived from natural raw and to reduce the cost of the materials on their base. The addition of rigid PLA leads to increase in elastic modulus from 200 for LDPE to 1190 for LDPE–PLA (50:50 wt %) composites and in tensile strength from 13.3 for LDPE to 17.8 for LDPE–PLA. By differential scanning calorimetry method, it is shown that LDPE and PLA are incompatible. Using X‐ray diffraction analysis, it is found that degree of crystallinity of composites decreases from 46.1 at 50:50 wt % to 36.9 at 80:20 wt % component ratios with the rise in LDPE content. Tests on fungus resistance show that the composites containing 50 wt % PLA are more resistant than the composites containing 30 wt % PLA. First by gel‐permeation chromatography method, it is shown that composite degradation after exposure in soil is accompanied by the PLA chain scission and depolymerization with formation of monomers and dimers (M w of PLA decreases from 118,860 to 80,100). The obtained composites can be applied as packaging materials. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019, 136, 47598.
ISSN:0021-8995
1097-4628
DOI:10.1002/app.47598