THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS OBTAINED FROM RECYCLED TETRA PAK® BY THERMOPLASTING FORMING

Miron RANCEA; Ovidiu NEMEȘ; Liliana BIZO

doi:10.24193/subbchem.2025.1.02

THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS OBTAINED FROM RECYCLED TETRA PAK® BY THERMOPLASTING FORMING

Authors

Miron RANCEA Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Materials and Environmental Engineering, 103-105 Muncii bld., RO-400641, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ovidiu NEMEȘ Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Materials and Environmental Engineering, 103-105 Muncii bld., RO-400641, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. ovidiu.nemes@imadd.utcluj.ro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7332-9331
Liliana BIZO Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 11 Arany Janos str., RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. liliana.bizo@ubbcluj.ro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8775-8492

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2025.1.02

Keywords:

Tetra Pak® waste, recycling, composite materials, thermal degradation

Abstract

Tetra Pak^® (TP) multilayer packaging consisting of paper, polyethylene (PE) and aluminum, are widely used as aseptic packages in the food and beverage industry. Consequently, large quantity of packaging waste is generated, and many efforts have been made for recycling. The aim of this work was to develop new composite materials from TP cartons waste by thermoplastic method at different temperatures ranging from 120 ºC to 140 ºC. The resulting material was characterized by thermogravimetric/differential thermal analyses (TG/DTA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements to establish the thermal behavior of the prepared composites. Based on these results, the degradation pathway of the composites obtained from TP waste was proposed. The results of the study show that the preparation of thermoplastic composites represents a promising recycling process. The thermal degradation temperature of the prepared composites establishes a limit for practical use, which prohibits the utilization of these materials at temperatures exceeding this threshold.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 70 (LXX), No. 1, March 2025

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2025-03-20

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RANCEA, M., NEMEȘ, O., & BIZO, L. (2025). THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS OBTAINED FROM RECYCLED TETRA PAK® BY THERMOPLASTING FORMING. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 70(1), 23–34. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2025.1.02