Nashrieh Shimi va Mohandesi Shimi Iran

Nashrieh Shimi va Mohandesi Shimi Iran

A Study on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of ABS Filled with Calcium Carbonate Particles

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
Ayda Adineh Asl 1
Heydar Ranjbar 2
Siamak Zavareh 3
Mehrab Fallahi-Samberan 1
1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Ahar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahar, I.R. IRAN
2 R&D Manager at Tabriz Petrochemical Company, Tabriz, I.R. IRAN
3 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, I.R. IRAN
Abstract
Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) thermoplastic is one of the engineering plastics that are usually used in composite or alloy form in industries. Particulate fillers such as calcium carbonate are widely used in plastics due to their low price. In this research, the CaCO3/ABS composite was investigated in three percentage of calcium carbonate with three different micrometer particle sizes along with Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as compatibilizer. Formulations were carried out by Taguchi experimental design for the three mentioned factors at three levels for reducing sample formulation. Samples was injected after compounding in corotating twin screw extruder, and physico mechanical tests such as tensile, impact strength, rockwel hardness, MFI and Vicat temperature was done. The results showed that CaCO3 has a major effect on impact strength and little effect on other characteristics. So that 0.5, 1 and 2% of CaCO3 decreased the Izod impact strength of ABS thermoplastic by 12, 27 and 39%, respectively, and its value reached from 21.1 kJ/m2 to 18.5, 15.3 and 12.9.
Keywords
ABS
Calcium carbonate
Impact strength
Taguchi method

Subjects

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