Table 5.
Water absorption data of various recycled WPCs
Specimen | Maximum Water Absorption (%) | Maximum Thickness Swelling (%) |
W-WPC100 | 12.740 | 7.509 |
W-WPC95/NC5 | 11.317 | 7.316 |
W-WPC90/NC10 | 8.370 | 7.003 |
W-WPC85/NC15 | 6.248 | 6.617 |
W-WPC80/GFC20 | 10.050 | 6.676 |
W-WPC75/NC5/GFC20 | 8.057 | 6.374 |
W-WPC70/NC10/GFC20 | 8.764 | 5.479 |
W-WPC65/NC15/GFC20 | 6.365 | 4.706 |
W-WPC60/GFC40 | 6.426 | 4.988 |
W-WPC55/NC5/GFC40 | 4.726 | 4.257 |
W-WPC50/NC10/GFC40 | 3.148 | 3.489 |
W-WPC45/NC15/GFC40 | 2.467 | 3.276 |
W-WPC40/GFC60 | 4.835 | 3.602 |
W-WPC35/NC5/GFC60 | 2.483 | 2.962 |
W-WPC30/NC10/GFC60 | 2.090 | 2.769 |
W-WPC25/NC15/GFC60 | 1.391 | 2.406 |
GFC100 | 0.102 | 0.622 |