Blending with ethylene-based flexible polymers such as polyethylene (PE) is one of the strategies to toughen poly(lactic acid) (PLA), an inherently brittle biodegradable plastic enjoying growing demands worldwide. Interfacial tension plays a crucial role in blend formulation. Yet several literature reports on PE/PLA interfacial contradict each other, giving ~5 mN/m and ~11 mN/m. In this work, w...

The performance of nine different vapor barrier systems comprising polyethylene (PE) membranes were assessed. comprised virgin PE, 100% new regenerated PE and multilayered PE. Membranes joined either with tape suited to the individual system or an adhesive base on butyl rubber. evaluated compared using standard laboratory tests. Chemical analytical techniques physicomechanical tests used. Mecha...

In 2012–2014, at the Research and Didactic Station of Department Horticulture Wroclaw University Environmental Life Sciences (51°19′06″ N, 17°03′49″ E), field studies were conducted to evaluate responses two sweet maize hybrids sowing dates (early optimum) five methods plant coverings—polyethylene film: perforated (PE), red (PER), green (PEG), polypropylene non-woven fabric (PP), control (C), w...

The effect of nanofilles additives containing copper oxide nanoparticles stabilized by a polymer matrix high-pressure polyethylene obtained the mechanochemical method on features structure and properties metal-containing nanocomposites based isotactic polypropylene was studied using differential thermal (DTA) X-ray phase (XRD) analyzes. improvement strength, deformation rheological parameters, ...

A method was established to quickly determine the content of antioxidants in polyethylene by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. By analyzing FTIR spectra antioxidant Irganox 1076 and PE, characteristic peak PE determined be absorption at 1738cm-1. According standard curve antioxidant, had a good linear relationship with intensity its peak, regression coefficient equation 0.97363. The rela...

This paper investigated the effect of inorganic chlorine on the formation of PCDD/Fs from heating polyethylene (PE) in the presence of air. There was an increase in the formation of PCDD/Fs with an increasing amount of metal chlorides except NaCl, which was not observed to have any effects on the formation of PCDD/Fs without the presence of catalysts. Although the levels of PCDD/Fs formation in...

Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) was used to characterize biomedical composites consisting of synthetic hydroxyapatite (HA) particulate reinforced polyethylene (PE). The effects of the HA volume fraction, temperature and HA particle on the storage modulus (E(I)) and damping (tan delta) were investigated. Increasing HA volume fractions increased E(I) and decreased tan delta. E(I) was found to b...