PMID- 30960587
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
DP  - 2019 Apr 2
TI  - Durability of Basalt/Hemp Hybrid Thermoplastic Composites.
LID - 10.3390/polym11040603 [doi]
LID - 603
AB  - The Achilles heel of thermoplastic natural fibre composites is their limited 
      durability. The environmental degradation of the mechanical properties of hemp 
      and hemp/basalt hybrid-reinforced high-density polyethylene (HDPE) composites has 
      been investigated with a special focus on the effects of water ageing and 
      accelerated ageing, including hygrothermal and UV radiation. Modification of the 
      matrix was carried out using a maleic anhydride high-density polyethylene 
      copolymer (MAPE) as a compatibilizer. Hybridization of hemp fibres with basalt 
      fibres and the incorporation of MAPE were found to significantly decrease the 
      water uptake (up to 75%) and increase the retention of mechanical properties 
      after accelerated ageing. Secondary crystallization phenomena occurring in the 
      composites, as confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis, 
      were able to counteract the severe combined effects of hygrothermal stress and UV 
      radiation, with the exception of hemp-fibre composites where permanent damage to 
      the fibres occurred, with 2% and 20% reduction in tensile strength and modulus, 
      respectively, for a 30 wt % hemp fibre-reinforced HDPE.
FAU - Sergi, Claudia
AU  - Sergi C
AD  - Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza-Universita di 
      Roma and UdR INSTM, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy. 
      claudia.sergi@uniroma1.it.
FAU - Tirillo, Jacopo
AU  - Tirillo J
AD  - Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza-Universita di 
      Roma and UdR INSTM, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy. 
      jacopo.tirillo@uniroma1.it.
FAU - Seghini, Maria Carolina
AU  - Seghini MC
AD  - Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza-Universita di 
      Roma and UdR INSTM, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy. 
      mariacarolina.seghini@uniroma1.it.
FAU - Sarasini, Fabrizio
AU  - Sarasini F
AD  - Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza-Universita di 
      Roma and UdR INSTM, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy. 
      fabrizio.sarasini@uniroma1.it.
FAU - Fiore, Vincenzo
AU  - Fiore V
AD  - Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 
      Palermo, Italy. vincenzo.fiore@unipa.it.
FAU - Scalici, Tommaso
AU  - Scalici T
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3703-1890
AD  - Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 
      Palermo, Italy. T.Scalici@qub.ac.uk.
AD  - School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Queen's University Belfast, 
      Ashby Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5AH, UK. T.Scalici@qub.ac.uk.
LA  - eng
GR  - No 741477/Sapienza Universita di Roma/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190402
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC6523148
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - basalt fibres
OT  - durability
OT  - environmental degradation
OT  - hemp fibres
OT  - hybrid
OT  - natural fibres
OT  - polymer-matrix composites
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2019/04/10 06:00
MHDA- 2019/04/10 06:01
PMCR- 2019/04/02
CRDT- 2019/04/10 06:00
PHST- 2019/02/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/03/22 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/03/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/04/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/04/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/04/10 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/04/02 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym11040603 [pii]
AID - polymers-11-00603 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym11040603 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2019 Apr 2;11(4):603. doi: 10.3390/polym11040603.