China Plastics ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (12): 138-142.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2024.12.021

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Preparation and properties of waste epoxy resin/polyamide composite materials

HU Peng, XU Hao, CAI Shaojun()   

  1. School of Optoelectronic Materials & Technology,Jianghan University,Wuhan 430056,China
  • Received:2024-04-01 Online:2024-12-26 Published:2024-12-25

Abstract:

To address the difficulty in waste epoxy resin (EP) recycling, EP was used as a filling material for the modification of polyamide 66 (PA66). PA66 grafted with maleic anhydride (PA66⁃g⁃MAH) was prepared as a compatibilizer through melt grafting for enhancing the compatibility between PA66 and EP. Then, PA66/EP/PA66⁃g⁃MAH compounds were prepared through melt extrusion and characterized by using universal mechanical testing machine, thermogravimetric analyzer, and scanning electron microscope. The effects of different compatibilizer content on their mechanical properties, thermal properties and microscopic morphology were investigated. The addition of PA66⁃g⁃MAH enhanced the compatibility of the compounds, resulting in an increase in the tensile strength and elastic modulus. The PA66/20 wt% EP/3 wt% PA66⁃g⁃MAH compound exhibited the optimal comprehensive mechanical performance with tensile strength of 69.2 MPa and an elastic modulus of 678.3 MPa. Moreover, the addition of PA66⁃g⁃MAH also increased the initial decomposition temperature and the temperature corresponding to the maximum decomposition rate.

Key words: waste epoxy resin, polyamide 66, maleic anhydride grafted polyamide 66, modification

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