Some selected properties of composite material produced from plastic furniture waste and wood flour

摘要: Wood, metal, glass, plastic and composite materials are commonly used in furniture production. In this study, composite boards were produced using waste plastic furniture parts and wood flour. In the preparation of composite boards, wood flour was used at rates of 0%, 15%, 30% and 45%. Thus, 1 control and 3 composite groups were created. The boards are produced in dimensions of 3.5x175x175 mm (thickness, width, length). Density, flexural strength, flexural modulus, deformation at break, tensile strength, tensile modulus, elongation at break, hardness tests, and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) analysis were performed on the produced composite boards. According to the data obtained; it was determined that as the percentage of wood flour in the composite groups increased compared to the control group, the values of flexural strength, deformation at break, tensile strength and elongation at break decreased, whereas the values of density, hardness, flexural modulus and tensile modulus increased According to the TGA and DSC analysis results, it was understood that the waste plastic furniture parts were composed of LLDP (Linear low-density polyethylene) and PP (Polypropylene) polymer materials, also the decomposition temperature of the composite materials partially increased with the increase in the percentage of wood flour.