Characterization of calcium carbonate obtained from oyster and mussel shells and incorporation in polypropylene

By M. Hamester, Palova Santos Balzer, D. Becker. 2012

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There is a high content of calcium carbonate in mussel and oyster shells, which can be used in the formulation of medicine, in construction or as filler in polymer materials. This work has as its main objective to obtain calcium carbonate from mussel and oyster shells and used as filler in polypropylene compared their properties with polypropylene and commercial calcium carbonate composites. The shellfish was milling and heated at 500 °C for 2 hours. The powder obtained from shellfish were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray fluorescence, particle size distribution and abrasiveness and compared with commercial CaCO

Subfields: Biomaterials, Mechanical Engineering

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