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Physical properties of virgin-recycled ABS blends: Effect of post-consumer content and of reprocessing cycles

Luigi BottaG. Di BenedettoRoberto Scaffaro

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Materials sciencePolymers and PlasticsOrganic ChemistryGeneral Physics and AstronomyImpact testViscositySettore ING-IND/22 - Scienza E Tecnologia Dei MaterialiABS Recycling Polymer blends Mechanical propertiesFlexural strengthRheologyUltimate tensile strengthMaterials ChemistryPolymer blendComposite material

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Abstract Virgin/post-consumer ABS (pc-ABS) blends were re-processed and re-formed up to three times. The effect of pc-ABS content and of reprocessing cycles on the physical properties of the prepared blends was evaluated by mechanical tests (tensile, flexural and impact tests) and by rheological and thermo-mechanical measurements. The processability of pc-ABS blends was not substantially different by that of virgin ABS up to two recycling steps even if the third one induced a slightly decrease of viscosity, more remarkable on increasing the pc-ABS content. The mechanical and thermo-mechanical properties of the samples worsened on increasing the level of pc-ABS and after each reprocessing operation even if the most relevant decreases were observed after the first recycling.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-03-01European Polymer Journal
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.12.018