<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nowadays electric and electronic equipments are produced on a large scale, for example, personal computers. Therefore, more and more waste is recycled. To increase the strength properties of recycled materials, they are reinforced with various types of fillers such as natural. Over the last few years, fillers from tuffs of volcanic origin have been gaining in popularity. It is characterized by a low mass, high hardness, high matrix adhesion, which allow for uniform distribution of particles in the volume of the material. In this paper, composites based on recycled polystyrene waste with tuff microparticles in mass weight of 10% and 20% were produced by injection moulding. The basic mechanical properties at room temperature (+24°C) -24 and +80°C were evaluated. The aim of the study was to demonstrate the possibility of using the mineral filler particles as compatibilizer for recycled polystyrene waste of poor quality.</p></abstract>

Nowadays electric and electronic equipments are produced on a large scale, for example, personal computers. Therefore, more and more waste is recycled. To increase the strength properties of recycled materials, they are reinforced with various types of fillers such as natural. Over the last few years, fillers from tuffs of volcanic origin have been gaining in popularity. It is characterized by a low mass, high hardness, high matrix adhesion, which allow for uniform distribution of particles in the volume of the material. In this paper, composites based on recycled polystyrene waste with tuff microparticles in mass weight of 10% and 20% were produced by injection moulding. The basic mechanical properties at room temperature (+24°C) -24 and +80°C were evaluated. The aim of the study was to demonstrate the possibility of using the mineral filler particles as compatibilizer for recycled polystyrene waste of poor quality.

Composites Based on Recycled Polystyrene Waste with Tuff Microparticles

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Nowadays electric and electronic equipments are produced on a large scale, for example, personal computers. Therefore, more and more waste is recycled. To...

Composites Based on Recycled Polystyrene Waste with Tuff Microparticles

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 195 - 203

Received: Apr 05, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.067.8379

Keywords
mechanical properties, natural fillers, ecology, recycling

© 2020 Karolina Mazur et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Composites Based on Recycled Polystyrene Waste with Tuff Microparticles

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 195 - 203

Received: Apr 05, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.067.8379

Keywordsmechanical properties, natural fillers, ecology, recycling

© 2020 Karolina Mazur et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
mechanical properties, natural fillers, ecology, recycling