STUDY THE EFFECT OF ADDING DIFFERENT RATIOS OF IRON AND ALUMINUM OXIDES ON THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND THE SOFTENING TEMPERATURE OF A LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE | ||
| DIYALA JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES | ||
| Article 5, Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2014, Pages 32-42 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Afaf Ali Hussein; Muammar Ibrahim Ismail; Athraa Hussein Hachem | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research aims to study the effect of adding Iron Oxide Fe2O3 and Aluminum Oxide Al2O3 on mechanical properties of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), where various weight percentages of the oxides of (1%, 3%, 5%, 7%, and 10%) were used. To investigate the effect of adding oxides on the mechanical properties of (LDPE), Compression test was performed and the ultimate compression test was determined, then the softening point was measured. From the results reached it was concluded that the best compression strength was recorded at 7% addition of Iron Oxide, while for the Aluminum Oxide the highest compression strength was recorded at 5%. Also it was found that the relationship was directly proportional between softening point and oxide percentage. It was noticed that the adding of the oxides up to 10% results in decreasing of the formability during compression. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Compressive Strength; Iron oxide; Aluminum oxide; Low Density Polyethylene | ||
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