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• TITLE: Study of the Thermal, Rheological, Morphological and Mechanical Properties of Biocomposites Based on Rod-Of Typha/HDPE Made up of Typha Stem and HDPE

  AUTHORS: Babacar Niang, El Hadj Babacar Ly, Abdou Karim Diallo, Nicola Schiavone, Haroutioun Askanian, Vincent Verney, Ansou Malang Badji, Mahmoud Kalid Diakite, Diéne Ndiaye

  KEYWORDS: Biocomposite, Thermal, Rheological, Morphological, Mechanical Properties

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry, Vol.8 No.9, September 14, 2018

  ABSTRACT: The thermal, rheological and morphological properties of composite biomaterials made with mixture of high density polyethylene and typha rod powder (RD) were evaluated. The dynamic mechanical behavior of the samples was studied with 25%, 35% and 45% typha stem powder concentrations. The viscoelastic properties are mainly related to the nature of the polymer and the typha stem powder. Storage (G') and loss (G") moduli increased significantly, depending on the amount of powder in the molten mixture. After a viscosity increase was noticed in low frequency, it decreased in high frequencies, which demonstrates the pseudo-plasticity effect. Morphological and thermal characterization results have shown the dispersion state of the powder and its ability to modify the kinetics crystallization of biocomposites.