Impact properties analysis of rotationally molded polyethylene and polypropylene for a wide range of temperatures

Abu Saifullah; Ben Thomas; Kamran  Tabeshfar; Robert Cripps

Impact properties analysis of rotationally molded polyethylene and polypropylene for a wide range of temperatures

Abu Saifullah^*, Ben Thomas, Kamran Tabeshfar, Robert Cripps

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Rotational molding is an established and growing manufacturing method for large, hollow plastic components. In this work the impact properties of rotationally molded Polyethylene (PE) and Polypropylene (PP) were tested at temperature in the range of -40 °C to 30 °C. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) was performed to analyse the measured impact properties of PP and PE plastics. For PP, a very good relationship was found between peak impact strength and the loss modulus curve obtained in DMTA analysis. A relationship between density, β peak height and peak impact strength was found for PE which is different from previous findings in the literature. It is concluded that further work should focus on developing an understanding of the PE material's microstructure in order to more fully understand its impact properties.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SPE ANTEC 2016
Publisher	Society of Plastics Engineers
Pages	1686-1689
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-71380195-5
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2016
Event	ANTEC 2016: 74th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Plastics Engineers - Indianapolis, United States Duration: 23 May 2016 → 25 May 2016

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Conference	ANTEC 2016: 74th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Plastics Engineers
Country/Territory	United States
City	Indianapolis
Period	23/05/16 → 25/05/16

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Saifullah, A, Thomas, B, Tabeshfar, K & Cripps, R 2016, Impact properties analysis of rotationally molded polyethylene and polypropylene for a wide range of temperatures. in SPE ANTEC 2016. Society of Plastics Engineers, pp. 1686-1689, ANTEC 2016: 74th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Indianapolis, United States, 23/05/16. <http://www.proceedings.com/52412.html>

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