Study of weathering effect on the thermal conductivity of polyvinyl chloride before and after silicon carbide addition as packaging materials

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Nahida J. Hammed

Abstract

The work was carried out in two stages. The first stage concerned
with study of silicon carbide (SiC) ratio (1.5, 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 wt%)
effect on the Thermal conductivity of polyvinyl chloride (PVC); and
the second stage concerned with the UV – weatherizing (25, 50, and
75 hr), thermal aging (40, 50, and 60 °C), and rain- weatherizing (1,
2.5, and 4 hr) effect on the samples involved. Thermal conductivity
results proved that there was slight increase in thermal conductivity
by (SiC) loading; it increased from 0.17 W/m.K for PVC to 0.19
W/m.K for 4.5% SiC/PVC; where as it was systematically decreased
by UV- weatherizing, thermal aging, and rain- weatherizing. This
property is in a good agreement with general characteristics of
packaging materials as warm or cold food packaging.

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Hammed NJ. Study of weathering effect on the thermal conductivity of polyvinyl chloride before and after silicon carbide addition as packaging materials. IJP [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 3 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];14(29):82-9. Available from: https://ijp.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/physics/article/view/224
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