Wood-plastics composites with better fire retardancy and durability performance

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dc.contributor.authorGarcía, M.
dc.contributor.authorHidalgo, J.
dc.contributor.authorGarmendia, I.
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Jaca, J.
dc.contributor.institutionTecnalia Research & Innovation
dc.contributor.institutionVALORIZACIÓN DE RESIDUOS
dc.contributor.institutionBIOECONOMÍA Y CO2
dc.contributor.institutionECOEFICIENCIA DE PRODUCTOS DE CONSTRUCCIÓN
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-24T12:03:33Z
dc.date.available2024-07-24T12:03:33Z
dc.date.issued2009-11
dc.description.abstractThis study concerns the preparation and study of wood-plastic composites (WPCs). The matrix used was high density polyethylene. Results showed that the addition of wood fibres increased mechanical properties (tensile, flexural and compression) of the neat plastic remarkably. Additives such as fire retardants and light stabilizers were added to improve properties like fire retardancy and durability performance. The addition of fire retardants could lead to auto-extinguishing materials when ammonium polyphosphate or aluminium hydroxide were used. Outdoor durability depended on both the light stabilizer and the fire retardant added to the formulation. The fire retardant worsened the outdoor durability. However, stabilized fire retarded-WPCs showed much lower fading than non-stabilized non-fire retarded composites and several industrial samples. Stabilized composites with aluminium hydroxide as fire retardant showed the best overall results with a fading degree even lower than the stabilized non-fire retarded composite.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was carried out in collaboration with the company EXTRUPLESA in a framework of a R&D Project sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Industry.
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.format.extent5
dc.identifier.citationGarcía , M , Hidalgo , J , Garmendia , I & García-Jaca , J 2009 , ' Wood-plastics composites with better fire retardancy and durability performance ' , Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing , vol. 40 , no. 11 , pp. 1772-1776 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.08.010
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.08.010
dc.identifier.issn1359-835X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11556/3364
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=72049117642&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofComposites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
dc.relation.projectIDSpanish Ministry of Industry
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject.keywordsA. Wood
dc.subject.keywordsAgeing
dc.subject.keywordsB. Mechanical properties
dc.subject.keywordsB. Physical properties
dc.subject.keywordsCeramics and Composites
dc.subject.keywordsMechanics of Materials
dc.titleWood-plastics composites with better fire retardancy and durability performanceen
dc.typejournal article
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