Thermal and mechanical properties of investment casting pattern material based on paraffin wax fortified with LLDPE and filled with PMMA

dc.contributor.authorTewo, Robert Kimutai
dc.contributor.authorRutto, Hilary Limo
dc.contributor.authorFocke, Walter Wilhelm
dc.contributor.authorRamjee, Shatish
dc.contributor.authorSeodigeng, Tumisang
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-16T14:05:09Z
dc.date.available2021-02-16T14:05:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractThe thermal and mechanical properties of paraffin wax, linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microbeads formulations were prepared via extrusion process. The blends were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and its tensile properties (stress at break, strain at break and modulus of elasticity and). The results indicated that both LLDPE and PMMA had an influence on the thermal properties and the tensile properties of the blends. The TGA analysis showed that the thermal stabilities of the developed polymer increased and also at temperatures above 600 °C, there was no residue. DSC curves of the blends indicated two main exothermic peaks at 60 °C and 120 °C. This could be probably due to the wax structure and the LLDPE peak structure. DSC curves further suggested that the compatibility of the paraffin wax/LLDPE two phases increased with an increase in the filler content. The bending stress at break and the Young’s modulus increased with increasing LLDPE content whereas the PMMA beads increased modulus there was no gradual strain increment.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentChemical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://aip.scitation.org/journal/apcen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTewo, R.K., Rutto, H.L., Focke, W.W. et al. Thermal and mechanical properties of investment casting pattern material based on paraffin wax fortified with LLDPE and filled with PMMA. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2289, art. 020053, pp. 1-5 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0028425.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0094-243X (print)
dc.identifier.issn1551-7616 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1063/5.0028425
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/78695
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physicsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2020 Author(s)en_ZA
dc.subjectParaffin waxen_ZA
dc.subjectPoly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)en_ZA
dc.subjectLinear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE)en_ZA
dc.subjectExtrusion processen_ZA
dc.subjectThermogravimetric analysis (TGA)en_ZA
dc.subjectTensile propertiesen_ZA
dc.subjectDifferential scanning calorimetry (DSC)en_ZA
dc.titleThermal and mechanical properties of investment casting pattern material based on paraffin wax fortified with LLDPE and filled with PMMAen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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