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Radiation‐induced wood plastic composites under combinations of monomers
Author(s) -
Khan Mubarak A.,
Ali K. M. Idriss,
Ahmad M. U.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1992.070451207
Subject(s) - monomer , swelling , materials science , composite material , ultimate tensile strength , polymer , irradiation , polymer chemistry , physics , nuclear physics
Radiation‐induced wood plastic composites (WPC) were prepared from five varieties of Bangladeshi timbers, using seven different types of monomers. The mixtures of double and triple monomers were investigated along with the single‐monomer system for the preparation of composites. Among the three systems, single‐monomer process showed the highest polymer loading with butylmethacrylate (BMA). Tensile strength (TS) property, represented as T f = TS wpc /TS wood was determined. Highest T f values were achieved with the soft wood. The effects of dose and dose rate, monomer concentration, and swelling agent were also studied. Suitable total dose was found to be 3 Mrad at 0.8 Mrad/h, and methanol exhibited the best swelling ability for the woods at a ratio of 1 : 9 v/v in all the monomer investigated.