Title: RECYCLING OF GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED PHENOLIC PREPREG WASTE PART 1. RECOVERY AND REUSE OF GLASS FIBRES IN PP AND PA6
Page Range: p.491-500
Author(s): Groening M; Hakkarainen M; Albertsson A
File size: 224K
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Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
Issue Year: ppc
Volume: 12
Issue No: No. 6
Abstract
This study confirms that glass fibres can be recovered from phenolic prepreg scrap and reused as reinforcing filler in polypropylene and nylon-6. The untreated glass fibres showed good compatibility with nylon-6, but poor compatibility with PP. Surface treatment of the recovered glass fibres using gamma-aminopropyltriethoxysilane was shown to improve this in both cases and to significantly increase the composite tensile strengths. 29 refs.