Browsing by UP Author "Weldhagen, Michelle"

Browsing by UP Author "Weldhagen, Michelle"

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  • A novel cost-effective choline chloride/ionic liquid solvent for all-cellulose composite production 
    Oosthuizen, Hester; Du Toit, Elizabeth L.; Loots, Mattheus Theodor; Atanasova, Maria T.; Wesley-Smith, James; Crous, Stephani; Weldhagen, Michelle; Focke, Walter Wilhelm (Springer, 2023-01)
    The potential of a blended cellulose solvent, consisting of a 1:1 mass ratio of choline chloride with the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimadazolium acetate, was evaluated by using a film-casting technique. When comparing ...
  • Thermal characterisation of metal stearate lubricant mixtures for polymer compounding applications 
    Phillips, Justin; Weldhagen, Michelle; Mhlabeni, Thobile; Radebe, Lucky; Ramjee, Shatish; Wesley-Smith, James; Atanasova, Maria T.; Focke, Walter Wilhelm (Elsevier, 2021-05)
    Metal stearate blends are potential lubricants and filler dispersants in polymer compounding. Therefore, the thermal phase behaviour of binary blends of calcium stearate and magnesium stearate with zinc stearate was ...