Effects of Wood Flour (WF) Pretreatment and the Addition of a Toughening Agent on the Properties of FDM 3D-Printed WF/Poly(lactic acid) Biocomposites |
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| Authors: | Wangwang Yu Mengqian Li Wen Lei Yongzhe Pu Kangjun Sun Yilong Ma |
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| Affiliation: | 1.College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; (W.Y.); (M.L.); (Y.P.); (K.S.); (Y.M.);2.School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing Vocational University of Industry Technology, Nanjing 210023, China |
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| Abstract: | In order to improve the properties of wood flour (WF)/poly(lactic acid) (PLA) 3D-printed composites, WF was treated with a silane coupling agent (KH550) and acetic anhydride (Ac2O), respectively. The effects of WF modification and the addition of acrylicester resin (ACR) as a toughening agent on the flowability of WF/PLA composite filament and the mechanical, thermal, dynamic mechanical thermal and water absorption properties of fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D-printed WF/PLA specimens were investigated. The results indicated that the melt index (MI) of the specimens decreased after WF pretreatment or the addition of ACR, while the die swell ratio increased; KH550-modified WF/PLA had greater tensile strength, tensile modulus and impact strength, while Ac2O-modified WF/PLA had greater tensile modulus, flexural strength, flexural modulus and impact strength than unmodified WF/PLA; after the addition of ACR, all the strengths and moduli of WF/PLA could be improved; after WF pretreatment or the addition of ACR, the thermal decomposition temperature, storage modulus and glass transition temperature of WF/PLA were all increased, and water absorption was reduced. |
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| Keywords: | poly(lactic acid) (PLA) wood flour (WF) composite silane coupling agent acetic anhydride acrylicester resin fused deposition modeling (FDM) |
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