Processing of composites of chopped PE fibre-reinforced PE matrix
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Teishev, A
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Stern, T
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Papaspyrides, CD
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Marom, G
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Varelidis, PC
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This is a preliminary investigation of the effect of compounding on the mechanical properties of chopped PE fibre-reinforced PE composites, aiming in general at determining the processing conditions which avoid fibre relaxation. It is found that compounding in a Brabender results in fibre melting and recrystallization, whereby its extended chain crystallinity is lost. The property improvement relative to the original LLDPE matrix is attributed to a partial formation of HDPE crystallinity.
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