China Plastics ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12): 121-126.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2022.12.017

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Study on properties of recycled polypropylene for automobile bumpers

DONG Jinghan1(), ZHAO Yiquan1, ZHANG Tongzhu2, WANG Yanmeng1, DIAO Shuai1, LI Minghe1, XU Changzhu3   

  1. 1.CATARC Automotive Test Center (Tianjin) Co,Ltd,Tianjin 300300,China
    2.China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co,Ltd,Tianjin 300300,China
    3.Tianjin Kingfa Advanced Materials Co,Ltd,Tianjin 300308,China
  • Received:2022-08-17 Online:2022-12-26 Published:2022-12-20

Abstract:

To verify the utilization feasibility of the recycled polypropylene (RPP) in automobile bumper, the effects of contents of post⁃consumer recycled polypropylene (PCR⁃PP) on the impact resistance and tensile, bending, and compression properties of RPP were investigated. The thermal properties and tensile fracture morphology of RPP were also analyzed. The results indicated that the mechanical properties of the RPP exhibited a slow downward trend with an increase in the content of PCR⁃PP from 0 to 50 wt %. The elongation at break decreased significantly from 467 % to 210 %. At, the RPP only presented a slight change in impact resistance and tensile and bending properties at a PCR⁃PP content of 10 wt %, which can meet the requirements of performance for bumper materials.

Key words: bumper, recycled material, polypropylene, mechanical property

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