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