Kraft lignin and polyethylene terephthalate blends: effect on thermal and mechanical properties

Abstract In this work, bottle-grade poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PETR), kraft lignin (KL), and chemically modified lignin (ML) were used to form blends to improve the mechanical and thermal properties of pure PET. The PET/KL and PETR/ML blends were produced with 0.5, 1, 3, and 5 wt.% of lignin via...

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Main Authors: Lívia Lazzari, Eloilson Domingos, Letícia Silva, Alexei Kuznetsov, Wanderson Romão, Joyce Araujo
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Published: Associação Brasileira de Polímeros 2020-04-01
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282019000400405&tlng=en
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author Lívia Lazzari
Eloilson Domingos
Letícia Silva
Alexei Kuznetsov
Wanderson Romão
Joyce Araujo
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Eloilson Domingos
Letícia Silva
Alexei Kuznetsov
Wanderson Romão
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description Abstract In this work, bottle-grade poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PETR), kraft lignin (KL), and chemically modified lignin (ML) were used to form blends to improve the mechanical and thermal properties of pure PET. The PET/KL and PETR/ML blends were produced with 0.5, 1, 3, and 5 wt.% of lignin via melt extrusion and injection molding. The produced blends and PETR were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetry (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and mechanical properties testing. The FTIR measurements confirmed the chemical modifications of the ML samples, while the TGA results showed KL to be thermally more stable than ML. The glass transition temperature of PETR changed as a function of the amount of lignin, as revealed by the DSC measurements. The PET/KL blends demonstrated their potential for use as an engineering material due to their improved thermal and mechanical properties compared to those of PETR.
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spelling doaj.art-ed1c040326ef4f80a5e2d5875fba0a732022-12-22T04:16:12ZengAssociação Brasileira de PolímerosPolímeros1678-51692020-04-0129410.1590/0104-1428.06618Kraft lignin and polyethylene terephthalate blends: effect on thermal and mechanical propertiesLívia LazzariEloilson DomingosLetícia SilvaAlexei KuznetsovWanderson RomãoJoyce Araujohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6784-7041Abstract In this work, bottle-grade poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PETR), kraft lignin (KL), and chemically modified lignin (ML) were used to form blends to improve the mechanical and thermal properties of pure PET. The PET/KL and PETR/ML blends were produced with 0.5, 1, 3, and 5 wt.% of lignin via melt extrusion and injection molding. The produced blends and PETR were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetry (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and mechanical properties testing. The FTIR measurements confirmed the chemical modifications of the ML samples, while the TGA results showed KL to be thermally more stable than ML. The glass transition temperature of PETR changed as a function of the amount of lignin, as revealed by the DSC measurements. The PET/KL blends demonstrated their potential for use as an engineering material due to their improved thermal and mechanical properties compared to those of PETR.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282019000400405&tlng=enblendskraft ligninmechanical propertiespoly(ethylene terephthalate)
spellingShingle Lívia Lazzari
Eloilson Domingos
Letícia Silva
Alexei Kuznetsov
Wanderson Romão
Joyce Araujo
Kraft lignin and polyethylene terephthalate blends: effect on thermal and mechanical properties
Polímeros
blends
kraft lignin
mechanical properties
poly(ethylene terephthalate)
title Kraft lignin and polyethylene terephthalate blends: effect on thermal and mechanical properties
title_full Kraft lignin and polyethylene terephthalate blends: effect on thermal and mechanical properties
title_fullStr Kraft lignin and polyethylene terephthalate blends: effect on thermal and mechanical properties
title_full_unstemmed Kraft lignin and polyethylene terephthalate blends: effect on thermal and mechanical properties
title_short Kraft lignin and polyethylene terephthalate blends: effect on thermal and mechanical properties
title_sort kraft lignin and polyethylene terephthalate blends effect on thermal and mechanical properties
topic blends
kraft lignin
mechanical properties
poly(ethylene terephthalate)
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