Investigation of wood–plastic–quartz substituted composite material characteristics

Abstract

In the world where natural resources are rapidly decreasing, an activity in which developed and developing countries act with a common mind is the reutilisation of wastes with recycling methods. In this study, cracks and breaks did not occur because of the harmony of the materials in the mixture according to the experimental results applied to wood powder, polypropylene and quartz. As the amount of quartz increased, the hardness resistance values also increased. According to a thermogravimetric analysis graphic, it has been observed that weight loss started after 250°C; wood and quartz were exposed to weight loss up to 500°C and then wood powder completely disappeared and only quartz remained. The prediction that the quartz mineral in the mixture might be fragile because of its hardness did not occur. It has been determined that the materials used in the composite material were compatible with each other.