MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE FILLED BY GRAPHENE OXIDE NANO PARTICLES

Atia, K. M.; Esayed, A. A.; Ali, W. Y.; Badran, A. H.

doi:10.21608/jest.2023.284015

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE FILLED BY GRAPHENE OXIDE NANO PARTICLES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Production Engineering and Mechanical Design, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, El-Minia, EGYPT.

² epartment of Production Engineering and Mechanical Design, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, El-Minia, EGYPT.

10.21608/jest.2023.284015

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The effect of GO nanoparticles and natural oils on the mechanical properties of high- density polyethylene (HDPE) was investigated experimentally in this study. Melt compounding was used to create HDPE-GO- (Olive/Corn oils) nanocomposites, and the molded nanocomposites were shaped for compression and bending tests. The results showed that the addition of GO improved the mechanical properties of the composites. With GO loading fractions of 0, 0.06, 0.12, 0.25, 0.5, and 1 wt. %, the compressive and bending strength values were significantly increased. Corn and olive oils were added to composites at a 10% weight ratio.

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