INFERÊNCIAS SOBRE O USO DE GRAFENO EM MATERIAIS COMPÓSITOS COM ÊNFASE EM MATERIAIS À BASE DE POLIPROPILENO

Abstract

The present work intends to present parameters and compare the feasibility of using graphene in recyclable materials, with an emphasis on polypropylene, regarding its improvement in the matrix and use in civil construction. The concepts of what graphene is, as well as the methods for obtaining it, the areas of utility, its development in Brazil and current materials that already use this form of carbon will be addressed. Graphene has shown itself to be a promising material due to its physical and chemical characteristics and properties. Nowadays, there is a curiosity to understand the scope of its use. According to Alexandre Formigoni (2012), Population growth and encouraging the consumption of disposable industrialized products have increased the quantity and diversity of urban waste. He goes on to say that the simple disposal of industrial, commercial and domestic urban waste in landfills has caused them to be saturated. Thus, the objective of this research is specifically to identify the current uses of graphene and its derivatives to improve the mechanical properties of composite materials, making an inference of the Young's module of the reinforced compound of graphene derivatives in relation to steel and addressing the price acquisition of Brazilian graphene based on current technologies. The research was developed through the deductive method, based on studies of bibliographies in which an unexpected result can be obtained, but positive than was expected. It was structured through a theoretical study that consists of using academic books, electronic journals, laws, among other scientific sources as a conceptual foundation.