Physical Properties of Polyethylene and Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Foam Mixtures

2021 ◽  
Vol 1028 ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
Opa Fajar Muslim ◽  
A.L. Juwono ◽  
Dwi Novriadi ◽  
Tulus

Previous studies on the physical properties of each Polyethylene (PE) or Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) foam have been widely reported. The current challenge is how to understand the combination of PE and EVA foam in order to obtain appropriate properties in various applications. Therefore, an experimental breakthrough in order to understand the physical mechanism on the PE:EVA mixed foam in order to maintain many appropriate properties due to their applications was studied. The physical properties of a combination of PE and EVA foam with Azodicarbonamide (ADC) as blowing agent and the addition of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) as accelerated agent in foaming process have been investigated in this study. The foams were prepared via two steps. Firstly, the various content of PE and EVA resins with combination of various content of ZnO and the addition of ADC, stearic acids and antioxidants were mixed by a single screw extrusion as the results of pellets. Furthermore, this intermediate product was pressed by compression moulding at the temperature of 175 °C and pressure of 30 bar for 5 minutes, then the pressure was released for the foaming process. The effect of the addition of ZnO were observed on the density and the mechanical properties of the foams. The density decreased with increasing of ZnO content up to 4 per hundred resin (phr) on the foam with PE content maximum of 20 phr. Interestingly the density of the foam increased with the addition of 6 phr of ZnO. Due to the increasing number of ZnO, we found the formation of foams completely. We observed the approval of the hardness, tensile and compression properties of each formulation, respectively. Furthermore, the morphology observation of the foams was conducted by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to measure the size and homogeneous of the cells. We observed large size of cells at low density of foams, meanwhile uniform of cell was obtained at the high density of foams. Finally, the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy confirmed that in general the intensity of the absorption peak at around 2216 cm-1 - 2223 cm-1 of each formulation decreased with the addition of ZnO up to 4 phr of ZnO and increased again at 6 phr of ZnO.

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 590
Author(s):  
Tim Feuerbach ◽  
Markus Thommes

The filament is the most widespread feedstock material form used for fused deposition modeling printers. Filaments must be manufactured with tight dimensional tolerances, both to be processable in the hot-end and to obtain printed objects of high quality. The ability to successfully feed the filament into the printer is also related to the mechanical properties of the filament, which are often insufficient for pharmaceutically relevant excipients. In the scope of this work, an 8 mm single screw hot-end was designed and characterized, which allows direct printing of materials from their powder form and does not require an intermediate filament. The capability of the hot-end to increase the range of applicable excipients to fused deposition modeling was demonstrated by processing and printing several excipients that are not suitable for fused deposition modeling in their filament forms, such as ethylene vinyl acetate and poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate). The conveying characteristic of the screw was investigated experimentally with all materials and was in agreement with an established model from literature. The complete design information, such as the screw geometry and the hot-end dimensions, is provided in this work.


Polymer ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 2508-2512 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Gassner ◽  
A.J Owen

Polymer Korea ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-440
Author(s):  
Minho Lee ◽  
Dayeong Yu ◽  
Yeongho Kim ◽  
Sunghee Lee ◽  
Jeong Ho Kim ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 800 ◽  
pp. 195-199
Author(s):  
Anda Barkāne ◽  
Sergejs Gaidukovs ◽  
Jānis Kajaks ◽  
Oskars Platnieks

Ethylene vinyl-acetate copolymer (EVA) composite materials containing multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), graphene (Gr) and iron (III, IV) oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles where processed by melt blending. Film specimens were prepared by using compression moulding method. All nanoparticles content in samples was chosen equal to 20 wt.%. The material dielectric spectroscopy was used in a range of 10-2 Hz to 107 Hz to investigate nanoparticle effect on the dielectric active (ε’) and passive components (ε’’), specific electrical conductivity (σ’) and dielectric loss (tg) for the characterization of the dissipation of electromagnetic energy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1028 ◽  
pp. 234-239
Author(s):  
Bambang Afrinaldi ◽  
David Natanael Vicarneltor ◽  
Reza Pahlevi Rudianto ◽  
Arif Rachman Hakim ◽  
Opa Fajar Muslim

Thermal properties, i.e. melting point and decomposition temperature of polymers, azodicarbonamide (ADC), and other additives mixture, are the most important information to determine the appropriate foaming process parameters. ADC has been widely used as a blowing agent for foam fabrication. Here, ADC will decompose and release gas which will be trapped in the melting polymer to make a foamed product. Originally, ADC has a decomposition temperature at around 220°C. In this study, the effect of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) addition on the thermal properties of intermediate product and Polyethylene/Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (PE/EVA) foam with ADC as the blowing agent was investigated. ZnO addition decreased the decomposition temperature of ADC. The thermal properties were characterized by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The result showed that the decomposition temperature of ADC significantly decreased from the temperature of 220°C to 170°C with the increment of the ZnO.


1993 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kinkar Mukhopadhyaa ◽  
D. K. Tripathy ◽  
S. K. De

Abstract The concentrations of the blowing agent and silica filler alter the microstructure of ethylene vinyl acetate rubber foam which in turn is responsible for changes in the physical properties of the foam vulcanizates. The theoretically predicted flaw sizes were found to be in reasonable agreement with the largest pore diameter observed from SEM photomicrographs. The results support the theory that the tensile rupture of foam rubber occurs by the catastrophic tearing from a flaw present in the form of the largest pore in the microstructure of the foam.


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