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The effect of petrol and diesel on high density polyethylene (HDPE) and cross-linked HDPE bottles: tensile and thermal properties analysis

Chen, Chan Hoong and Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan and M., Mohd. Nazrul (2004) The effect of petrol and diesel on high density polyethylene (HDPE) and cross-linked HDPE bottles: tensile and thermal properties analysis. In: 2nd Colloqium on Postgraduate Research National Postgraduate Collloqium on Material, Mineral and Polymer 2004 (MAMIP 2004), Penang, Malaysia.

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Abstract

The effect of petrol and diesel on High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and cross-linked HDPE bottles (XLHDPE) are studied according to ISO175: 1999. The HDPE and cross-linked HDPE bottles were prepared by blow molding technique. The bottles were immersed in petrol and diesel for 1 day, 1 week, 8 weeks and 16 weeks at temperatures 23°C and 70°C. Tensile test was carried out to determine the modulus, tensile strength and elongation at break. The degradation of HDPE and cross-linked HDPE was monitored by DSC. The tensile properties results show that the rate of degradation for petrol immersion > diesel immersion and temperature 70°C > 23°C for both HDPE and XLHDPE. The cross-linked HDPE is more stable to petrol and diesel attack compared to HDPE. DSC shows that a small changes in crystallinity and melting point for both samples. The melting behavior of exposed samples is almost constant.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:Cross-linked HDPE, diesel, DSC, HDPE, petrol, tensile test
Subjects:T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
ID Code:6054
Deposited By: Norhani Jusoh
Deposited On:07 Aug 2008 10:18
Last Modified:10 Sep 2017 08:28

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