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ArticlePolymers2023

Effect of Agricultural Biomass Residues on the Properties of Recycled Polypropylene/Polyethylene Composites.

Agnese Ābele, Remo Merijs-Meri, Madara Žiganova, Zanda Iesalniece, Ivan Bochkov

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Article in Polymers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Agnese ĀbeleFaculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Polymer Materials, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-5296-8449
Remo Merijs-MeriFaculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Polymer Materials, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0003-4559-0254
Madara ŽiganovaFaculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Polymer Materials, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-7742-9441
Zanda IesalnieceFaculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Polymer Materials, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia.
Ivan BochkovFaculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of Polymer Materials, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia.
Riga Technical University · LV

Funding

The Latvian Science Council LZP 2021/1-0347
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of agricultural biomass residues as reinforcement in recycled polymer matrices. In this study, recycled polypropylene and high-density polyethylene composites (rPPPE) filled with three types of biomass residues, sweet clover straws (SCS), buckwheat straws (BS) and rapeseed straws (RS), are presented. The effects of the fiber type and the fibers content on the rheological behavior, mechanical properties (including tensile, flexural and impact strength), thermal stability and moisture absorbance were determined, in addition to morphological analysis. It was revealed that the addition of SCS, BS or RS increased the materials' stiffness and strength. The reinforcement effect increased as the loading of the fibers was increased, especially for BS composites in the flexural test. After the moisture absorbance test, it was found that the reinforcement effect slightly increased for the composites with 10% fibers but decreases with 40% fibers. The results highlight that the selected fibers are a feasible reinforcement for recycled polyolefin blend matrices.

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agricultural biomass wastebuckwheat strawsrapeseed strawsrecycled polyolefinreinforcementsweet clover straws

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PMID37376318
PMCPMC10301888
OpenAlexW4380685339

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