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The effect of recycled plastic and compound additives on the properties of an injection-moulded polypropylene co-polymer

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A comprehensive analysis of the effects of recycled material, recommended pigments, pigment concentration, and selected stabilizers on the microstructure and impact properties of a polypropylene co-polymer has been undertaken. This paper reports on the study materials, which includes details of more than sixty compounds used in the investigation, and the experimental methods which were used to characterize the injection-moulded specimens to be reported in the following parts of this work.

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  1. Department of Non-Metallic Materials, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK

    Derfel Williams & Michael Bevis

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The authors were formerly in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science at Liverpool University where the initial work reported in this paper was carried out.

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Williams, D., Bevis, M. The effect of recycled plastic and compound additives on the properties of an injection-moulded polypropylene co-polymer. J Mater Sci 15, 2834–2842 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00550553

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