Abstract
AbstractGlass fiber reinforcement usually gives substantial improvement in some key physical properties of plastics materials, such as heat resistance and stiffness (modulus), but at the expense of impact and flow (processability) properties. Upon recycling, however, we observe the reverse phenomenon. The key consideration of the recyclability of glass reinforced plastics is usually based on how much the key properties of glass reinforced materials are changed during a given recycling period. The assessment of the key physical properties of materials—heat resistance, impact, and stiffness—before and after recycling involves time‐consuming and expensive molding testing processes. This paper demonstrates how those three properties of glass reinforced plastics materials before and after recycling can be determined by a single dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) test, thus greatly simplifying the key property assessment work in a recyclability study of glass reinforced plastics.
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