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Matrices for mono-material composites (MMC). The case of poly(ethylene terephthalate) |
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| Authors: | Domenico Acierno Eugenio Amendola Simona Concilio Pio Iannelli Antonio Massa Paola Scarfato |
| Institution: | 1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Materiali e della Produzione, Università di Napoli, P.leTecchio, I-80125 Napoli, Italy;2. Istituto per la Tecnologia dei Materiali Compositi - CNR, P.le Tecchio, I-80125 Napoli, Italy;3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica ed Alimentare, Università di Salerno, via Ponte Don Melillo, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy;4. Dipartimento di Chimica,. Università di Salerno, via Allende, I-84081 Baronissi (Salerno), Italy |
| Abstract: | The use of the same thermoplastic polymer for both the matrix and the filler in the preparation of composites is very attractive, because such composites are in principle fully recyclable. Recently it has been reported the preparation of a mono-material composite (MMC) made of polypropylene to be used in automobile parts. In this work we report on the preparation and characterization of matrices for quasi MMC made of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). Particularly we found PET copolymers containing isophthalate (IPA) units adequate to be used as matrix. |
| Keywords: | poly(ethylene terephthalate) mono-material composite matrices polycondensation |