Production and Characterization of Polylactic acid/Rock wool Biocomposites

Onur Aykanat; Mahmut Ermeydan

doi:10.38088/jise.691237

EN

Production and Characterization of Polylactic acid/Rock wool Biocomposites

Abstract

Rock wool is a man-made fiber produced by melting inorganic stones such as basalt, diabase, dolomite obtained from volcanic rocks, and it is an environment friendly resource and generally used for building insulation. Rock wool has good thermal resistance and insulation properties. In this study, PLA/Rock wool biocomposites with 20-30-40% rock wool support were produced with twin-screw extruder and then press molded. Tensile and flexural tests were applied to reveal mechanical properties of composites. FT-IR spectroscopy was used for investigation of chemical changes. TGA /DTG analysis were carried out to determine thermogravimetric properties of biocomposites, where thermal conductivity was measured to investigate heat transfer characteristics. The results showed that flexural strength of composites decreased 5-40% with increasing ratio of rock wool (20-40%), while tensile strength decreased 40-60% with increasing amount of rock wool (20-40%). Besides that, rock wool accelerated thermal degradation of PLA, but the composites have 25% better heat insulation property than neat PLA.

Keywords

PLA,Rock wool,Biocomposite,Characterization,Mechanical properties

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK

Project Number

118O152

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Onur Aykanat
0000-0003-0576-5339
Türkiye

Mahmut Ermeydan ^*
0000-0001-6389-2649
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 15, 2020

Submission Date

February 19, 2020

Acceptance Date

April 10, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 4 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.38088/jise.691237

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA32HS76FH

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Aykanat, O., & Ermeydan, M. (2020). Production and Characterization of Polylactic acid/Rock wool Biocomposites. Journal of Innovative Science and Engineering, 4(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.38088/jise.691237

AMA

1.Aykanat O, Ermeydan M. Production and Characterization of Polylactic acid/Rock wool Biocomposites. JISE. 2020;4(1):1-10. doi:10.38088/jise.691237

Chicago

Aykanat, Onur, and Mahmut Ermeydan. 2020. “Production and Characterization of Polylactic Acid Rock Wool Biocomposites”. Journal of Innovative Science and Engineering 4 (1): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.38088/jise.691237.

EndNote

Aykanat O, Ermeydan M (June 1, 2020) Production and Characterization of Polylactic acid/Rock wool Biocomposites. Journal of Innovative Science and Engineering 4 1 1–10.

IEEE

[1]O. Aykanat and M. Ermeydan, “Production and Characterization of Polylactic acid/Rock wool Biocomposites”, JISE, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1–10, June 2020, doi: 10.38088/jise.691237.

ISNAD

Aykanat, Onur - Ermeydan, Mahmut. “Production and Characterization of Polylactic Acid Rock Wool Biocomposites”. Journal of Innovative Science and Engineering 4/1 (June 1, 2020): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.38088/jise.691237.

JAMA

1.Aykanat O, Ermeydan M. Production and Characterization of Polylactic acid/Rock wool Biocomposites. JISE. 2020;4:1–10.

MLA

Aykanat, Onur, and Mahmut Ermeydan. “Production and Characterization of Polylactic Acid Rock Wool Biocomposites”. Journal of Innovative Science and Engineering, vol. 4, no. 1, June 2020, pp. 1-10, doi:10.38088/jise.691237.

Vancouver

1.Onur Aykanat, Mahmut Ermeydan. Production and Characterization of Polylactic acid/Rock wool Biocomposites. JISE. 2020 Jun. 1;4(1):1-10. doi:10.38088/jise.691237