Properties of Recycled ABS and HIPS Polymers From WEEE and Their Blends With Virgin ABS Prepared by 3D Printing and Compression Molding
Válmer Azevedo de Sousa Filho
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAna Caroline Santana de Azevedo
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorRafaela de Oliveira
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorRyan Lucas Pereira Bonfim
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAnny Karine da Silva Amaral
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorRafael Braga da Cunha
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorPankaj Agrawal
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorCarlos Thiago Candido Cunha
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorGustavo de Figueiredo Brito
Department of Design, Federal University of Paraíba, Rio Tinto, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Tomás Jeferson Alves de Mélo
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Correspondence:
Tomás Jeferson Alves de Mélo ([email protected])
Search for more papers by this authorVálmer Azevedo de Sousa Filho
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAna Caroline Santana de Azevedo
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorRafaela de Oliveira
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorRyan Lucas Pereira Bonfim
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAnny Karine da Silva Amaral
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorRafael Braga da Cunha
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorPankaj Agrawal
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorCarlos Thiago Candido Cunha
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorGustavo de Figueiredo Brito
Department of Design, Federal University of Paraíba, Rio Tinto, Paraíba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Tomás Jeferson Alves de Mélo
Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Correspondence:
Tomás Jeferson Alves de Mélo ([email protected])
Search for more papers by this authorFunding: This work was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (T.J.A.d.M.—grant numbers: 577061/20089 426191/20161, 405908/2021-0, and 305367/2022-6); P.A.—grant number: 442128/20142, FINEP (T.J.A.d.M.—grant number: 01.18.0057-00).
ABSTRACT
The rapid increase in waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) poses a significant environmental challenge. To address this issue, initiatives promoting circular economy principles have emerged, such as utilizing recycled acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABSr) and high-impact polystyrene (HIPSr) from WEEE. This study evaluated the properties of virgin ABS (ABSv)/ABSr and ABSv/HIPSr blends, with ABSr and HIPSr obtained from TV housing WEEE. The blend samples were prepared using filament extrusion, followed by either compression molding or 3D printing. ABSv exhibited a stronger shear-thinning behavior than ABSr and HIPSr at low shear rates, indicating a higher content of butadiene rubber. The viscosities of the blends increased with higher ABSv content at low shear rates and approximated those of ABSv, ABSr, and HIPSr at high shear rates. Overall, compression-molded blends demonstrated superior viscosities at low shear rates and higher impact strength compared to their 3D–printed counterparts.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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