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. 2022 Feb;85(2):460-468.
doi: 10.1002/jemt.23919. Epub 2021 Sep 3.

Mechanical test and friction-mapping on recycled polypropylene beads using atomic force microscopy

Mert Muhammed Koç  1 , Mustafa Oguzhan Caglayan  1   2
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Mechanical test and friction-mapping on recycled polypropylene beads using atomic force microscopy

Mert Muhammed Koç et al. Microsc Res Tech. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Mechanical tests at sub-micron scales using force microscopy are often used for the characterization of materials. Here we report the mechanical, tribologic, and morphological characterization of recycled polypropylene beads using force spectroscopy and lateral-force microscopy. The compression-elastic moduli calculated using the Hertzian model for polypropylene beads was between 0.448 ± 0.010 and 1.044 ± 0.057 GPa. The grain size analysis revealed a significant correlation between the grain size and measured compression-elastic moduli. Friction-maps of recycled polypropylene beads obtained using lateral-force microscopy were also reported for 25 μm2 scanning areas.

Keywords: atomic force microscopy; elastic moduli; force spectroscopy; lateral force microscopy; nanoindentation; tribology.

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