Abstract In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, over 500 million tons of copper rich rock were
removed from mines and treated in chemical baths to extract copper. Toxic substances have …

Coal‐based environment‐friendly PVC/ASA flame‐retardant and antistatic composites were
made by melt blending poly (vinyl chloride)/acrylonitrile–styrene‐acrylate (PVC/ASA) with …

Plant fiber reinforced polymer composites are experiencing rapid growth in terms of
applications where they may be subject to corrosion and wear. The present work explores …

In this paper, a series of polymer composites made from acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate (ASA)
and poly (ether ether ketone)(PEEK) were manufactured. ASA acts as a polymer matrix …

The regular bursting of PVC pipes exposed by land erosion has been a great worry to
consumers and water distribution companies. This work therefore, focuses on the use of …

The effect of different content (0–20 wt%) Acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic (ASA) on mechanical,
thermal and three-body wear behaviors of eucalyptus fiber/polyvinyl chloride (EF/PVC) …

In this study, poly (vinyl chloride)(PVC)/poly (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate)(ASA)/
organophilic montmorillonite (o-MMT) nanocomposites were prepared and the effects of o …

To improve the Vicat Softening Point of PVC compounds, blending technique was used to
blend PVC with other polymers such as Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), Acrylonitrile …

O setor de cana no Brasil vem crescendo desde o início da década de 2000, obtendo uma
produção anual de cerca de 654 milhões de toneladas em 2015, tornando o bagaço um …

In recent decades, thermoplastics have become fundamental materials for the automotive
industry, due to characteristics such as low density and increased possibility of …