Effect of Food Chemicals and Temperature on Mechanical Reliability of Bio-Based Glass Fibers Reinforced Polyamide
Composites Part B: Engineering 2019
Margherita Basso, Agnese Piselli, Michele Simonato, Riccardo Furlanetto, Līva Pupure, Roberts Joffe, Luigi De Nardo

This paper presents an experimental study to assess the effects of food chemicals and temperature on the mechanical performance of glass fiber reinforced bio-based polyamide. The diffusion of food chemicals was mainly driven by thermal energy, following Arrhenius law in all tested environments. Degradation of mechanical properties and decrease in reliability were assessed, due to the plasticization of polymer matrix. Secondary but not negligible effect on flexural strength degradation is given by the different chemical interaction between polymeric chains and molecules of food chemicals. Colour change was measured and resulted to be positively correlated to diffusion.


Keywords
Environmental degradation, Mechanical testing, Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs), Statistical properties/methods
DOI
10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.08.078
Hyperlink
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359836817342464?via%3Dihub

Basso, M., Piselli, A., Simonato, M., Furlanetto, R., Pupure, L., Joffe, R., De Nardo, L. Effect of Food Chemicals and Temperature on Mechanical Reliability of Bio-Based Glass Fibers Reinforced Polyamide. Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019, Vol. 157, pp.140-149. ISSN 1359-8368. e-ISSN 1879-1069. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.08.078

Publication language
English (en)
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