PMID- 33028012
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240330
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 10
DP  - 2020 Oct 5
TI  - Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Wood Polymer 
      Composites.
LID - 10.3390/polym12102283 [doi]
LID - 2283
AB  - Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used for the observation of the pyrolysis 
      kinetics characteristics of high density polyethylene (HDPE)-based composites 
      enhanced by a variety of basalt fibers (BFs) and wood flour (WF). The improved 
      Coats-Redfern (C-R), Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (F-W-O), Friedman, and Kissinger methods 
      were utilized to ascertain the specific apparent activation energy (E(a)) of each 
      component and composite material. The results indicate that BFs do not decompose 
      under 800  degrees C, while the pyrolysis of WF and waste HDPE showed two significant 
      weight loss zones (250-380  degrees C and 430-530  degrees C), relative to 
      cellulose/hemicellulose and HDPE thermal degradation, respectively. The average 
      E(a) of WF/BF/HDPE composites over the entire pyrolysis process obtained by the 
      modified C-R method fluctuated in a range of 145-204 kJ/mol and increased with 
      the BF content, which was higher than that of WPC (115-171 kJ/mol). The value of 
      E(a) computed by the F-W-O method was significantly lower than that computed with 
      the improved C-R method, which could validate the reliability of two methods by 
      comparing with the literature. The Friedman and Kissinger methods were not 
      applicable to this composite material reinforced by mixed fillers, so the 
      obtained E(a) values were quite different from the previous two methods. The 
      changes in E(a) showed that the addition of BFs could improve the average E(a) 
      and further enhance the thermal stability and flame resistance of the composites.
FAU - Zhang, Xian
AU  - Zhang X
AD  - Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Products, 
      College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 
      Nanjing 210037, China.
FAU - Huang, Runzhou
AU  - Huang R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9224-4939
AD  - Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Products, 
      College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 
      Nanjing 210037, China.
AD  - School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Agricultural 
      Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - 18KJA220002/Major projects of Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu/
GR  - 2017T100313/China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: Special Program/
GR  - 51606103/Natural Science Foundation of China/
GR  - 2017-19)-RD-B-01/Louisiana Board of Regents, grant number LEQSF/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201005
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC7600852
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - TGA
OT  - apparent activation energy
OT  - basalt fiber
OT  - kinetics
OT  - thermal decomposition
COIS- There is no conflict of interest among authors.
EDAT- 2020/10/09 06:00
MHDA- 2020/10/09 06:01
PMCR- 2020/10/05
CRDT- 2020/10/08 01:02
PHST- 2020/08/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/09/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/09/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/10/08 01:02 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/10/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/10/09 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/10/05 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym12102283 [pii]
AID - polymers-12-02283 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym12102283 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2020 Oct 5;12(10):2283. doi: 10.3390/polym12102283.