International Journal of Automotive Science And Technology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июль 11, 2024
Wood
plastic
composites
(WPCs)
offer
a
promising
alternative
for
various
automotive
components,
combining
the
benefits
of
wood
and
polymers
such
as
lightness,
strength,
sustainability.
However,
determining
decomposition
kinetics
is
challenging
due
to
intricate
composition
WPCs.
Therefore,
this
research
work
focused
analyze
relationship
between
thermal
degradation
WPCs,
atmosphere,
kinetics.
The
kinetic
parameters
were
evaluated
by
Coats
Redfern
method
based
on
set
TGA
experiments
under
variable
atmospheres
(inert
oxidative)
using
10
℃/min
heating
rate.
Thermograms
demonstrated
significant
differences
in
properties
WPC
when
subjected
oxidative
inert
atmospheres,
despite
two
conditions
having
same
number
zones.
It
has
been
suggested
that
process
contains
three
weight
loss
segments
atmosphere
according
Gaussian
multi-peak
fitting
function.
Coats-Redfern
showed
multi-step
chemical
more
accurately
characterizes
behavior
WPC,
attributing
its
multi-compositional
properties.
Proposed
reaction
schemes
had
regression
coefficients
higher
than
0.9809
obtain
order,
activation
energy
pre-exponential
factor.
