Design of a composition based on polyethylene and marble microparticles that decomposes under the effect of ultraviolet radiation

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2020.216835

Keywords:

extrusion, polymeric film, high-pressure polyethylene, marble microparticles, ultraviolet radiation, decomposition

Abstract

Among the issues related to the disposal of polymers' waste is the design of cheap biodegradable polymeric materials, which are destroyed as a result of natural microbiological and chemical processes. Since the synthesis of biodegradable polymers is characterized by high material and energy costs, the filled biodegradable polymeric materials are more promising.

This paper substantiates the feasibility of using marble microparticles as a filler for the biodegradable polymeric material based on high-pressure polyethylene whose decomposition rate increases under the conditions of ultraviolet radiation.

Samples of the biodegradable polymeric material with the different content of a filler, the microparticles of marble (from 0 to 5.1 % by weight), were made; their physical-mechanical properties were investigated. It has been experimentally proven that UV radiation destroys polyethylene macromolecules into separate fragments with the formation of >C=O bonds, making it possible to decompose appropriate waste under the influence of sunlight.

The feasibility of using the composition "high-pressure polyethylene – microparticles of marble" with a marble content of 1.78 % by weight has been confirmed for the manufacture of the sleeve and flat polymeric films for packaging and agricultural purposes, in particular, packing stretch film.

Recommendations have been given on using the proposed biodegradable polymeric material. In particular, it is proposed that the production of articles from the "high-pressure polyethylene – microparticles of marble" composition should utilize a pre-obtained granulate of the required formulation. When making articles from the composition obtained directly in the extruder that molds the products, it is possible to apply adhesive additives to improve the interaction between a polymeric matrix and the filler's particles

Author Biographies

Arkadyi Petukhov, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" Peremohy ave., 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03056

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Senior Researcher

Department of Chemical Technology of Composite Materials

Oleg Shnyruk, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" Peremohy ave., 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03056

Department of Chemical Technology of Composite Materials

Ihor Mikulionok, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" Peremohy ave., 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03056

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Senior Researcher

Department of Chemical, Polymer and Silicate Engineering

Oleksandr Gavva, National University of Food Technologies Volodymyrska str., 68, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01601

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Machines and Apparatus for Food and Pharmaceutical Productions

Educational-Scientific Engineering-Technical Institute named after acad. I. S. Gulyiy

Liudmyla Kryvoplias-Volodina, National University of Food Technologies Volodymyrska str., 68, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01601

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor

Department of Mechatronics and Packaging Technology

Educational-Scientific Engineering-Technical Institute named after acad. I. S. Gulyiy

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2020-12-31

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Petukhov, A., Shnyruk, O., Mikulionok, I., Gavva, O., & Kryvoplias-Volodina, L. (2020). Design of a composition based on polyethylene and marble microparticles that decomposes under the effect of ultraviolet radiation. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 6(6 (108), 102–110. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2020.216835

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Vol. 6 No. 6 (108) (2020): Technology organic and inorganic substances

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Technology organic and inorganic substances

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