Investigation of fatigue and mechanical properties of the pipe grade poly(vinyl chloride) using recycled scraps

Investigation of fatigue and mechanical properties of the pipe grade poly(vinyl chloride) using recycled scraps

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In this paper, the effect of using pre-consumer PVC scraps on static and long-term mechanical properties is studied.The degradation characteristics of mixing virgin PVC with crushed pre-consumer and PVC pipe scraps are analyzed using various tools including Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC), bjork corvette Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.The variation of static mechanical properties as a function of adding pre-consumer PVC pipe scraps is investigated using the degradation analyses of recycled PVC scraps.

In addition, fatigue tests are executed to evaluate the long-term durability of blending virgin PVC and recycled PVC scraps, and the fracture green microsuede fabric surface is investigated in detail to reveal the variation of the fracture mechanisms.