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Table 3 Shrinkage, warpage and impact strength of HDPE/KC composites with different clay sizes for each trial, which were obtained experimentally

From: Analysis of variance of injection moulding process parameters and clay particles size effects on impact strength, shrinkage and warpage of polyethylene/kaolin clay composites

Clay particle size (μm)

Parameters A:B:C

Shrinkage

STD

Warpage (mm)

STD

Impact strength (kJ/m2)

STD

< 75

180:6:1

0.021

0.003

0.06

0.01

14.09

3.3

180:8:2

0.014

0.001

0.04

0.00

13.70

1.5

180:10:3

0.022

0.001

0.05

0.01

15.69

2.3

200:6:2

0.032

0.001

0.06

0.03

16.20

2.1

200:8:3

0.023

0.003

0.07

0.00

13.67

2.3

200:10:1

0.032

0.005

0.04

0.00

15.23

3.8

220:6:3

0.032

0.004

0.04

0.00

16.64

1.2

220:8:1

0.032

0.003

0.04

0.00

21.51

8.8

220:10:2

0.035

0.001

0.06

0.03

19.05

3.8

75–106

180:6:1

0.050

0.002

0.03

0.02

12.34

0.8

180:8:2

0.042

0.001

0.04

0.00

12.54

0.9

180:10:3

0.053

0.003

0.04

0.00

11.37

1.2

200:6:2

0.061

0.001

0.07

0.00

12.42

0.9

200:8:3

0.056

0.002

0.05

0.01

13.62

3.5

200:10:1

0.067

0.004

0.07

0.00

12.50

1.2

220:6:3

0.059

0.003

0.06

0.01

17.05

1.7

220:8:1

0.070

0.004

0.06

0.01

16.66

1.7

220:10:2

0.057

0.001

0.02

0.04

23.15

2.3

106–150

180:6:1

0.051

0.001

0.05

0.01

12.24

2.3

180:8:2

0.041

0.001

0.04

0.00

15.80

2.7

180:10:3

0.053

0.003

0.11

0.07

12.00

0.8

200:6:2

0.063

0.001

0.05

0.01

15.67

1.9

200:8:3

0.055

0.003

0.05

0.01

14.47

1.6

200:10:1

0.063

0.004

0.07

0.03

16.01

2.4

220:6:3

0.056

0.001

0.08

0.03

17.74

4.2

220:8:1

0.063

0.001

0.06

0.01

14.50

3.2

220:10:2

0.062

0.003

0.06

0.01

16.19

0.3