Wood plastic composites: Using carbon fiber to create electromagnetic shielding effectiveness
Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials
Published online on August 08, 2013
Abstract
This study uses coir from agricultural waste, electromagnetic shielding carbon fiber, impact-resistant polypropylene (PP), and methylmaleic anhydride-grafted PP (MA-g-PP) to make wood plastic composites (WPCs). According to the experimental results, when coir and carbon fiber are at a ratio of 3:12, the resulting WPC exhibits an maximum electromagnetic shielding effectiveness (EMSE) of -25 dB, which reaches the protective grade of staple merchandise. At fibers ratio of 3:12, the tensile strength is improved by 10% more than at ratio of 15:0; and the increased flexural strength is by 20% accordingly. A multiblending process is used to simulate the recycling and explores its thermodestruction of the resulting WPC. With a ratio of 3:12, the WPC still has an EMSE of -25 dB at nine cycles of multiblending; however, its tensile and flexural strengths both decrease by 10%.