A Green Approach to Produce Low-cost Waste Rubber Tiles Upheld with Recycled Polyethylene and Bagasse
Refaat, Y., Khalil, A., Hasanin, M., Kamel, S. (2024). A Green Approach to Produce Low-cost Waste Rubber Tiles Upheld with Recycled Polyethylene and Bagasse. EKB Journal Management System, 67(9), 693-699. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2024.302068.9962
Youssef Refaat; Ahmed M. Khalil; Mohamed Hasanin; Samir Kamel. "A Green Approach to Produce Low-cost Waste Rubber Tiles Upheld with Recycled Polyethylene and Bagasse". EKB Journal Management System, 67, 9, 2024, 693-699. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2024.302068.9962
Refaat, Y., Khalil, A., Hasanin, M., Kamel, S. (2024). 'A Green Approach to Produce Low-cost Waste Rubber Tiles Upheld with Recycled Polyethylene and Bagasse', EKB Journal Management System, 67(9), pp. 693-699. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2024.302068.9962
Refaat, Y., Khalil, A., Hasanin, M., Kamel, S. A Green Approach to Produce Low-cost Waste Rubber Tiles Upheld with Recycled Polyethylene and Bagasse. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 67(9): 693-699. doi: 10.21608/ejchem.2024.302068.9962

A Green Approach to Produce Low-cost Waste Rubber Tiles Upheld with Recycled Polyethylene and Bagasse

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry
Volume 67, Issue 9, September 2024, Page 693-699  XML PDF (429.27 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2024.302068.9962
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Authors
Youssef Refaatorcid 1; Ahmed M. Khalil email orcid 2; Mohamed Hasaninorcid 3; Samir Kamelorcid 4
1National Research Centre
2Photochemistry Department - National Research Centre, El Buhouth St., Dokki 12622
3Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre, 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
4Cellulose and Paper Department. Chemical Industral Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St. (former El Tahrir st.), Dokki, Giza,Egypt, P.O. 12622
Abstract
Recyclability is a key for consumed polymers to diminish their harmful impact on the environment. In this work, reclaimed devulcanized waste rubber (WR), recycled high density polyethylene and bagasse fibers (BF) are used to prepare composites and select from them the optimum one(s) to be applied as low-cost rubber-based tiles. The prepared composites were characterized via gel fraction, mechanical properties including abrasion, hardness, tensile strength and Young’s modulus, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to study the morphological behavior of the prepared composites, illustrating the impact of loading bagasse fibers to support the properties of these composites. The findings affirm that the RPE and BF were compatible with the reclaimed devulcanized waste rubber. Moreover, the mechanical properties presented acceptable tensile strength values after adding recycled polyethylene (RPE) and BF, whereas the elasticity of the composites was reduced with the addition of fillers. In this context, the hardness and abrasion loss resistance were improved by RPE addition and enhanced more in the presence of BF with maintained thermal stability.
Keywords
Green Tiles; Recycled High Density Polyethylene; Reclaimed Waste Rubber; Bagasse Fibers; Mechanical Properties
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