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Title: | New lightweight recyclable polymer composites of high density polyethylene |
Authors: | Zhi, Cao |
Keywords: | Lightweight High Density Polyethylene Polymer |
Issue Date: | 18-Jun-2012 |
Publisher: | Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) |
Citation: | p. 1287 |
Series/Report no.: | The 2nd International Malaysia-Ireland Joint Symposium on Engineering, Science and Business 2012 (IMiEJS2012); |
Abstract: | Due to increased legislation and penalties encountered by car manufacturers and consumers in relation to high fuel consumption vehicles there is an increasing need to lightweight various different car parts. The need to lightweight vehicles is highlighted in reports where it states that for every 100kg added to a vehicle, its fuel consumption is increased by 0.6 litres/100 km. In addition, the European Union (EU) wishes to limit the production of waste arising from end-of-life vehicles and to increase re-use, recycling and other forms of recovery of end-of-life vehicles and their components. With these constrains in mind the current study involves the light weighting of polymeric components in automobiles by the addition of natural fibres from renewable sources. In doing so, both the weight and cost of the products can be reduced. This will also have the added advantage that the end product can be recycled through granulation and remoulding, and at the end of its usefulness this material can also be incinerated |
Description: | The 2nd International Malaysia-Ireland Joint Symposium on Engineering, Science and Business 2012 (IMiEJS2012) jointly organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis and Athlone Institute of Technology in collaboration with The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia, Education Malaysia and Malaysia Postgraduates Student Association Ireland (MyPSI), 18th - 19th June 2012 at Putra World Trade Center (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
URI: | http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/123456789/30900 |
ISBN: | 978-967-5760-11-2 |
Appears in Collections: | Universiti Malaysia Perlis |
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