Aprovechamiento de fibra de caña en la elaboración de un material compuesto con polietileno de alta densidad reciclado

Abstract

Abstract: At present, the reinforcement of polymers with vegetable fibers is undergoing significant advances in their properties and processing, as well as in their acceptance by customers. If we add to them the use of recycled plastics as a matrix, we will have greater scope at the cost of the loss of some of the mechanical properties.The use of recycled thermoplastics is important because they make a significant contribution to society, including the reduction of pollution levels and contributing to the industrial sector, without the need to import plastic resins from other countries.In the present work we comparedproducts obtained by extrusion of recycled high density polymer (HDPE) reinforced with cane fiber. Two formulationswereused, one at 10% and the other at 20% by weight of these fibers, evaluating their mechanical behavior by means of tensile tests with which different parameters will be obtained, such as: Modulus of elasticity, maximum stress and displacement.Thematerial processed with 20% of cane fiber and with 10% show a matrix/fiber incorporation which means good processability.