Effect of ultraviolet accelerated aging on mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate

In order to explore the effect of accelerated UV aging on the mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate, the changes of polycarbonate's transmittance, yellow index, tensile properties and flexural properties with aging time and radiation intensity were studied by using the method of ex...

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Autores principales: SUN Qi-wei, WANG Tao, CHEN Yu-hong, GE Yong, LANG Jian-lin, WANG Bo-lun, YAN Yue
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d1a743b2ffea4267b06486029b14b3322021-11-12T03:01:54ZEffect of ultraviolet accelerated aging on mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate1001-438110.11868/j.issn.1001-4381.2020.001006https://doaj.org/article/d1a743b2ffea4267b06486029b14b3322021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jme.biam.ac.cn/CN/10.11868/j.issn.1001-4381.2020.001006https://doaj.org/toc/1001-4381In order to explore the effect of accelerated UV aging on the mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate, the changes of polycarbonate's transmittance, yellow index, tensile properties and flexural properties with aging time and radiation intensity were studied by using the method of exposure to laboratory fluorescent ultraviolet lamps source. The results show that the light transmittance of polycarbonate is decreased with the increase of UV aging time and radiation intensity. According to FT-IR, several colored groups are created in polycarbonate because of prolonging the aging time and increasing the radiation intensity, which affects the optical property of polycarbonate. The tensile strength and elongation at break of polycarbonate are decreasd with the increase of UV aging time and irradiation intensity. The microcracks and holes on surface of polycarbonate are produced by longer aging time and higher radiation energy, which expand under tensile load and cause fracture. The flexural strength of polycarbonate is increased with the increase of UV aging time and irradiation intensity if the testing surface is irradiated. The degradation layer formed on the surface of the material increases the stiffness of polycarbonate, which leads to the increase of strength. The tensile modulus and bending modulus of polycarbonate are less affected by aging time and irradiation strength because UV accelerated aging has little effect on molecular weight.SUN Qi-weiWANG TaoCHEN Yu-hongGE YongLANG Jian-linWANG Bo-lunYAN YueJournal of Materials Engineeringarticleuv accelerated agingmechanical propertyoptical propertypolycarbonateMaterials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materialsTA401-492ZHJournal of Materials Engineering, Vol 49, Iss 11, Pp 83-89 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language ZH
topic uv accelerated aging
mechanical property
optical property
polycarbonate
Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
TA401-492
spellingShingle uv accelerated aging
mechanical property
optical property
polycarbonate
Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
TA401-492
SUN Qi-wei
WANG Tao
CHEN Yu-hong
GE Yong
LANG Jian-lin
WANG Bo-lun
YAN Yue
Effect of ultraviolet accelerated aging on mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate
description In order to explore the effect of accelerated UV aging on the mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate, the changes of polycarbonate's transmittance, yellow index, tensile properties and flexural properties with aging time and radiation intensity were studied by using the method of exposure to laboratory fluorescent ultraviolet lamps source. The results show that the light transmittance of polycarbonate is decreased with the increase of UV aging time and radiation intensity. According to FT-IR, several colored groups are created in polycarbonate because of prolonging the aging time and increasing the radiation intensity, which affects the optical property of polycarbonate. The tensile strength and elongation at break of polycarbonate are decreasd with the increase of UV aging time and irradiation intensity. The microcracks and holes on surface of polycarbonate are produced by longer aging time and higher radiation energy, which expand under tensile load and cause fracture. The flexural strength of polycarbonate is increased with the increase of UV aging time and irradiation intensity if the testing surface is irradiated. The degradation layer formed on the surface of the material increases the stiffness of polycarbonate, which leads to the increase of strength. The tensile modulus and bending modulus of polycarbonate are less affected by aging time and irradiation strength because UV accelerated aging has little effect on molecular weight.
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author SUN Qi-wei
WANG Tao
CHEN Yu-hong
GE Yong
LANG Jian-lin
WANG Bo-lun
YAN Yue
author_facet SUN Qi-wei
WANG Tao
CHEN Yu-hong
GE Yong
LANG Jian-lin
WANG Bo-lun
YAN Yue
author_sort SUN Qi-wei
title Effect of ultraviolet accelerated aging on mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate
title_short Effect of ultraviolet accelerated aging on mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate
title_full Effect of ultraviolet accelerated aging on mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate
title_fullStr Effect of ultraviolet accelerated aging on mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate
title_full_unstemmed Effect of ultraviolet accelerated aging on mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate
title_sort effect of ultraviolet accelerated aging on mechanical and optical properties of polycarbonate
publisher Journal of Materials Engineering
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/d1a743b2ffea4267b06486029b14b332
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