PMID- 30966321 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231006 IS - 2073-4360 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4360 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Mar 8 TI - Mechanical Properties of Rice Husk Biochar Reinforced High Density Polyethylene Composites. LID - 10.3390/polym10030286 [doi] LID - 286 AB - Rice husk biochar was utilized to reinforce high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and to prepare biochar/plastic composites (BPC) by the extrusion method. Morphologies, non-isothermal crystallization behavior, and mechanical properties of the composites were investigated. The SEM (scanning electron microscope) showed that HDPE was embedded into the holes of the rice husk biochar. The DSC (differential scanning calorimeter) showed that biochar could reduce the crystallization rate and the higher the content of rice husk biochar, the slower the crystallization rate. Significantly, the bending and tensile strength of BPC could reach 53.7 and 20 MPa, far beyond WPC (wood plastic composites). With the increase of filler content, BPC were still stronger than WPC, although the impact strength of BPC and WPC all showed a general decline in the trend. The strong interaction was achieved by the utilization of rice husk biochar to reinforce HDPE. FAU - Zhang, Qingfa AU - Zhang Q AD - School of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China. zhangqingfacll@126.com. AD - Shandong Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Clean Energy, Zibo 255000, China. zhangqingfacll@126.com. FAU - Yi, Weiming AU - Yi W AD - School of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China. yiweiming@sdut.edu.cn. AD - Shandong Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Clean Energy, Zibo 255000, China. yiweiming@sdut.edu.cn. FAU - Li, Zhihe AU - Li Z AD - School of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China. lizhihe@sdut.edu.cn. AD - Shandong Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Clean Energy, Zibo 255000, China. lizhihe@sdut.edu.cn. FAU - Wang, Lihong AU - Wang L AD - School of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China. wanglh@sdut.edu.cn. AD - Shandong Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Clean Energy, Zibo 255000, China. wanglh@sdut.edu.cn. FAU - Cai, Hongzhen AU - Cai H AD - School of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China. chzh666666@126.com. AD - Shandong Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Clean Energy, Zibo 255000, China. chzh666666@126.com. LA - eng GR - 2016ZDJS11A01/the Key research and development project of Shandong province/ GR - the distinguished expert of Taishan scholars Shandong province project/ GR - the higher education superior discipline team training program of Shandong province/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180308 PL - Switzerland TA - Polymers (Basel) JT - Polymers JID - 101545357 PMC - PMC6415120 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DSC OT - HDPE OT - composites OT - mechanical properties OT - rice husk biochar COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/04/11 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/11 06:01 PMCR- 2018/03/08 CRDT- 2019/04/11 06:00 PHST- 2018/02/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/04/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/11 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - polym10030286 [pii] AID - polymers-10-00286 [pii] AID - 10.3390/polym10030286 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Polymers (Basel). 2018 Mar 8;10(3):286. doi: 10.3390/polym10030286.