Research Article
Effect on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Random Copolymer Polypropylene/Microcrystalline Cellulose Composites Using T-ZnOw as an Additive
Table 2
Density and void content of composites.
| Sample | Weight Fraction | Experimental density | Theoretical density | Void content | (%) | (g·cm−3) | (g·cm−3) | (%) |
| MCC/PP-g-MA/rPP | 30:5:65 | 0.95 | 1.01 | 5.67 | 40:5:55 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 5.83 | 50:5:45 | 1.03 | 1.11 | 7.21 | 60:5:35 | 1.06 | 1.15 | 7.83 | 70:5:25 | 1.07 | 1.17 | 8.55 |
| T-ZnOw/MCC/PP-g-MA/rPP | 3:58:5:35 | 0.99 | 1.22 | 18.85 | 5:57:5:35 | 0.93 | 1.15 | 19.13 | 7:55:5:35 | 0.87 | 1.12 | 22.32 | 10:53:5:35 | 0.81 | 1.11 | 27.03 |
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Specific gravity of the matrix = 0.900 g·cm −3. Specific gravity of the MCC = 1.244 g·cm −3. Specific gravity of the T-ZnOw = 0.200 g·cm −3. |