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MOATAZ A. ELSAWY1,2, JESPER DECLAVILLE CHRITIANSEN1, CATALINA-GABRIELA SANPOREAN1,*
This study is dealing with the effect of Jojoba oil-wax on physical properties of polylactic acid (PLA). Mixing of the materials was carried out by the extrusion process. The mechanical and thermal properties of the mixtures were investigated as a function of Jojoba oil content in the mixture. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis indicated that the crystallinity of PLA increased with the increasing of the oil percentage in the mixture. Based on the experimental data, there are significant improvements in PLA mechanical properties by the addition of Jojoba oil; this can be observed from an increase in elongation to break. At low concentration of oil-wax the creep properties were not severely affected. The data reveals that the Impact strength reached near its double value at 3% Jojoba when compared with neat PLA..
Poly(lactic acid), Jojoba, Mechanical properties, Impact strength.
MOATAZ A. ELSAWY, JESPER DECLAVILLE CHRITIANSEN, CATALINA-GABRIELA SANPOREAN, Investigation of Jojoba Oil-wax as a Plasticizer for Poly(lactic acid), Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 1-2, January-February 2014, pp.109-114 (2014).
Submitted at: Oct. 4, 2013
Accepted at: Jan. 22, 2014
Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications
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