THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS BASED ON MIXTURES OF HIGH AND LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES

F.A. Mustafayeva, N.T. Kahramanov

Abstract

The results of the research into the influence of polymer components ratio – high density polyethylene and low density polyethylene, into the regularity of changes in thermomechanical properties are presented. The deformation was measured at varying temperatures and at a constant load of 0.5 kg/cm2. The concentration of low density polyethylene varied from 10 to 100 wt%. Depending upon the test temperature, two physical states were recorded: solid and viscous-flow. It found that as the concentration of low-density polyethylene in the composition of the polymer mixture rose, the transition temperature in the softened state and the transition temperature in the viscous-flow state dropped. The differential thermal analysis curves showed that at low concentrations of high density polyethylene, two-phase systems were formed in the polymer system. The study of composites based on aluminum hydroxide and a mixture of high and low density polyethylene revealed a wave-like change in softening and viscous-flow temperatures.

https://doi.org/10.32737/2221-8688-2023-1-41-47