Table 2.
Effect of sawdust content on the properties of SD-PET composites
| WPC panel type | Physical properties | Mechanical properties | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Density (Kg/m3) | MC (%) | WA (%) | TS (%) | MOE (N/mm2) | MOR (N/mm2) | |||||
| 25°C | 50°C | 75°C | 25°C | 50°C | 75°C | |||||
| SD-40 | 1048.55A | 0.92D | 13.8D | 21.5C | 23.3C | 5.7C | 6.42A | 7.29D | 2008.34A | 27.08A |
| (30.53) | (0.21) | (1.46) | (3.65) | (2.04) | (0.15) | (0.32) | (0.28) | (107.1) | (5.41) | |
| SD-50 | 968.99B | 1.37C | 16.7C | 24.4C | 30.2B | 8B | 8.68B | 9.18C | 1892.91B | 22.99B |
| (11.21) | (0.1) | (0.73) | (0.68) | (0.84) | (0.7) | (0.29) | (0.4) | (55.19) | (2.02) | |
| SD-60 | 912.30C | 1.73B | 21.3B | 29.4B | 33.8B | 8.1B | 9.55C | 10.1B | 1729.96C | 14.60C |
| (59.72) | (0.23) | (1.09) | (2.74) | (8.13) | (0.71) | (1.13) | (0.68) | (35.49) | (4.56) | |
| SD-70 | 856.73D | 2.15A | 29.5A | 36.1A | 40.3A | 10A | 10.9D | 12.4A | 1433.93D | 11.68D |
| (20.5) | (0.19) | (0.59) | (2.19) | (2.34) | (0.4) | (0.31) | (0.73) | (94.11) | (1.07) | |
Values in parenthesis are standard deviation.
Values within the same line column by different letters are significantly different at α = 0.05.