An Attempt to Find a Suitable Biomass for Biochar-Based Polypropylene Biocomposites

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Abstract

Four biomass wastes (rice husk, coffee husk, coarse wool, and landfill wood) were added with biochar and polypropylene (PP) to manufacture biocomposites. Individual biomasses were tested for their combustion behavior using cone calorimeter. Biocomposites were analyzed for their fire/thermal, mechanical, and morphological properties. Wood had the most desirable comprehensive effect on both the mechanical and fire properties of composites. In particular, wood and biochar composite exhibited the highest values of tensile/flexural properties with a relatively low peak heat release rate. In general, application of waste derived biochar and biomasses drastically reduced the susceptibility of neat PP towards fire.

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Contributors

Oisik Das:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-1512

+46 790 469 886 , oisik@kth.se

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Environ Manage

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Environ Manage

Title: Environmental Management

Publisher: Springer US (New York )

ISSN (Print): 0364-152X

ISSN (Electronic): 1432-1009

Publication date (Electronic): 28 March 2018

Publication date PMC-release: 28 March 2018

Publication date (Print): 2018

Volume: 62

Issue: 2

Pages: 403-413

Affiliations

[1 ]ISNI 0000000121581746, GRID grid.5037.1, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology- Polymeric Materials, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology, ; Stockholm, 100 44 Sweden

[2 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0372 3343, GRID grid.9654.e, Centre for Advanced Composite Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering, , University of Auckland, ; Auckland, New Zealand

[3 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0372 3343, GRID grid.9654.e, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Centre for Advanced Composite Materials, , University of Auckland, ; Auckland, New Zealand

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Oisik Das http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-1512

Article

Publisher ID: 1033

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1033-6

PMC ID: 6060818

PubMed ID: 29594380

SO-VID: 0c870b36-1fb1-4ef8-919d-7c3a45dee7c7

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