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Analysis of the use of an industrial waste as reinforcement in epoxy composites
Author(s) -
Rödelheimer Marina Trindade,
d'Almeida José Roberto Moraes
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3900(200105)169:1<229::aid-masy229>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - epoxy , materials science , filler (materials) , composite material , volume fraction , particle size , particle (ecology) , matrix (chemical analysis) , industrial waste , reinforcement , waste management , chemical engineering , oceanography , engineering , geology
A study was done to investigate the use of the waste generated at a hydrometallurgical zinc plant as filler in epoxy matrix composites. The waste was processed before its incorporation into the matrix and composites with volume fraction from 10 to 50% were fabricated with six different particle sizes. The results show that the mechanical properties increase with the decrease of the particle size until a threshold value is reached. Below this value the distance between particles became the controlling parameter. The results also show that this waste can be satisfactorily used as filler. Its advantages over commonly used fillers are its low cost and the environmental gain of its convenient disposal.