Compatibility effect of r-ABS/r-HIPS/r-PS blend recovered from waste keyboard plastics: evaluation of mechanical, thermal and morphological performance

The primary aim of this study was to identify the polymers recovered from keyboard waste, and formulate a ternary blend from the recovered polymers, with improved mechanical, thermal and morphological characteristics, and encouraging product-based recycling. The recycling and reuse of polymers recov...

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Published in:Journal of polymer research 2021, Vol.28 (4), Article 129
Main Authors: K, Jaidev, Biswal, Manoranjan, Mohanty, Smita, Nayak, Sanjay K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ABS resins
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Ductile-brittle transition
Glass transition temperature
Impact strength
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Keyboards
Morphology
Original Paper
Polymer blends
Polymer Sciences
Polymers
Polystyrene resins
Recycling
Solid waste management
Styrenes
Thermal stability
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Summary:The primary aim of this study was to identify the polymers recovered from keyboard waste, and formulate a ternary blend from the recovered polymers, with improved mechanical, thermal and morphological characteristics, and encouraging product-based recycling. The recycling and reuse of polymers recovered from E-waste is one of the prime topics in solid waste management. The major drawbacks of utilizing recycled polymers are its lower mechanical strength. This was majorly evidenced in styrene based polymers such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and high impact polystyrene (HIPS). In our case, the polymers ABS, HIPS and polystyrene (PS) were recovered from waste keyboards, and their impact strength was 29 J/m, 42 J/m and 20 J/m respectively. After formulating a ternary blend with PS as a major phase, the impact strength observed was 66 J/m. The thermal stability of the blends also improved from 380℃ to 396℃, after the addition of PS to the blends, but the glass transition temperature had negligible effect. The morphology of ternary blend shows salami structures after the addition of ABS/HIPS blends. This shows that the r-PS morphology had a brittle to ductile transition which leads to the improvement of impact properties.
ISSN:1022-9760
1572-8935
DOI:10.1007/s10965-021-02481-6