Studies on the Aging Resistance of Polypropylene Composites Filled with Mica in High Content

2013 ◽  
Vol 395-396 ◽  
pp. 116-120
Author(s):  
Yu Jiao Wu ◽  
Chun Ping Yang ◽  
Chang Gui Liu

PP/mica composites were prepared via melt blending, homemade UV aging box and the constant temperature and humidity aging box were used to study the resistance to aging of the composites, and then the properties were studied by mechanical property test, SEM. Results show that: mica in PP matrix can improve the resistance to UV aging and hygrothermal aging; UVB irradiance within 800h plays a role in improving mechanical properties, the retentions are above 95%; at the beginning of hygrothermal, here are some contributions to tensile strength, the resistance to hygrothermal aging is reducing with the increasing of mica content, when the mica content is 10%, the resistance is best, and the retentions of tensile strength and impact toughness are above 93%.

2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 1842-1845
Author(s):  
Jue Wang ◽  
Gui Xiang Hou

Polystyrene(PS)/Polystyrene-expanded graphite(EG)(PS/PSEG) composites were prepared by melt blending, using a variety of PSEG. The electrical and mechanical properties of the PS/PSEG were measured. Mechanical property measurements of composites indicated higher impact strength and lower tensile strength with increasing content of PSEG. Exfoliated graphite has seen a significant reduction for composites in electrical resistivity.


2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 1991-1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gui Xiang Hou ◽  
Sheng Yuan Liu ◽  
Xiao Ming Sang

Polystyrene (PS)/Poly(S-co-MA)/expanded graphite(EG)(PS/PSMA/EG) nanocomposites were prepared by melt blending, using a variety of PSMA/EG.. The electrical and mechanical properties of the PS/PSMA/EG were measured. Mechanical property measurements of composites indicated higher impact strength and lower tensile strength with increasing concentration of PSMA/EG. Exfoliated graphite has seen a significant reduction for composites in electrical resistivity.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 404
Author(s):  
Nur Sharmila Sharip ◽  
Hidayah Ariffin ◽  
Tengku Arisyah Tengku Yasim-Anuar ◽  
Yoshito Andou ◽  
Yuki Shirosaki ◽  
...  

The major hurdle in melt-processing of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) nanocomposite lies on the high melt viscosity of the UHMWPE, which may contribute to poor dispersion and distribution of the nanofiller. In this study, UHMWPE/cellulose nanofiber (UHMWPE/CNF) bionanocomposites were prepared by two different blending methods: (i) melt blending at 150 °C in a triple screw kneading extruder, and (ii) non-melt blending by ethanol mixing at room temperature. Results showed that melt-processing of UHMWPE without CNF (MB-UHMWPE/0) exhibited an increment in yield strength and Young’s modulus by 15% and 25%, respectively, compared to the Neat-UHMWPE. Tensile strength was however reduced by almost half. Ethanol mixed sample without CNF (EM-UHMWPE/0) on the other hand showed slight decrement in all mechanical properties tested. At 0.5% CNF inclusion, the mechanical properties of melt-blended bionanocomposites (MB-UHMWPE/0.5) were improved as compared to Neat-UHMWPE. It was also found that the yield strength, elongation at break, Young’s modulus, toughness and crystallinity of MB-UHMWPE/0.5 were higher by 28%, 61%, 47%, 45% and 11%, respectively, as compared to the ethanol mixing sample (EM-UHMWPE/0.5). Despite the reduction in tensile strength of MB-UHMWPE/0.5, the value i.e., 28.4 ± 1.0 MPa surpassed the minimum requirement of standard specification for fabricated UHMWPE in surgical implant application. Overall, melt-blending processing is more suitable for the preparation of UHMWPE/CNF bionanocomposites as exhibited by their characteristics presented herein. A better mechanical interlocking between UHMWPE and CNF at high temperature mixing with kneading was evident through FE-SEM observation, explains the higher mechanical properties of MB-UHMWPE/0.5 as compared to EM-UHMWPE/0.5.


1998 ◽  
Vol 520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. H. Zhang ◽  
K. C. Gong

ABSTRACTHybrids of quaternary ammonium-modified montmorillonites and polypropylene were prepared by melting intercalation. Results of mechanical property measurements show that, tensile strength, modulus and impact strength of PP composites are greatly enhanced simultaneously by a small addition amount of modified montmorillonites.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1026 ◽  
pp. 84-92
Author(s):  
Tao Qian Cheng ◽  
Zhi Hui Li

Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy have been widely used in aerospace industry. However, there is still a lack of research on thermal stability of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy products. In the present work, an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy with T79 and T74 states was placed in the corresponding environment for thermal exposure experiments. Performance was measured by tensile strength, hardness and electrical conductivity. In this paper, precipitation observation was analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HREM). The precipitations of T79 state alloy were GPⅡ zone, η' phase and η phase while the ultimate tensile strength, hardness and electrical conductivity were 571MPa, 188.2HV and 22.2MS×m-1, respectively. The mechanical property of T79 state alloy decreased to 530MPa and 168.5HV after thermal exposure. The diameter of precipitate increased and the precipitations become η' and η phase at the same time. During the entire thermal exposure, T74 state alloy had the same mechanical property trend as T79 state alloy. The precipitate diameter also increased while the types of precipitate did not change under thermal exposure. The size of precipitates affected the choice of dislocation passing through the particles to affect the mechanical properties.


2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 435-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin-Tzu Liao ◽  
Chin-San Wu

Abstract Melt blending of polylactide (PLA), poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), and wood flour (WF) was performed in an effort to overcome the major drawbacks (brittleness and high price) of PLA. In addition, the acrylic acid (AA)-grafted PLA70PCL30 (PLA70PCL30-g-AA) was used as the alternative for the preparation of ternary blends to improve the compatibility and the dispersability of WF within the PLA70PCL30 matrix. As expected, PCL improved the elongation at break and the toughness of PLA but decreased the tensile strength and modulus. Because the hydrophilic WF is dispersed physically in the hydrophobic PLA70PCL30 matrix, as the result of Fourier transform infrared analysis, the mechanical properties of PLA70PCL30 became noticeably worse when it was blended with WF. This problem was successfully conquered by using PLA70PCL30-g-AA to replace PLA70PCL30 due to the formation of an ester carbonyl group between PLA70PCL30-g-AA and WF. Furthermore, the PLA70PCL30-g-AA/WF blend provided a plateau tensile strength at break when the WF content was up to 50 wt%. PLA70PCL30/WF exhibited a tensile strength at break of approximately 3–25 MPa more than PLA70PCL30-g-AA/WF. By using p-cresol and tyrosinase, the enzymatic biodegradable test showed that PLA70PCL30-g-AA is somewhat more biodegradable than PLA70PCL30 because the former has better water absorption. After 16 weeks, the weight loss of the PLA70PCL30/WF (50 wt%) composite was >80%. PLA70PCL30-g-AA/WF exhibited a weight loss of approximately 1–12 wt% more than PLA70PCL30-g-AA/WF. It was also found that the addition of WF to PLA70PCL30 or PLA70PCL30-g-AA decreased the crystallinity of PLA and PCL in PLA70PCL30 or PLA70PCL30-g-AA and then increased their biodegradable property.


2017 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 97-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Hua Huang ◽  
Nan Zhou ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Yang De Li ◽  
Wei Rong Li

The microstructures, phase constitutions and mechanical properties of as-cast samples, extruded rods and plates of Mg-3.52Sn-3.32Al and Mg-6.54Sn-4.78Al alloys were investigated by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and mechanical testing. The results show that as-cast microstructure consists of α-Mg matrix, Mg2Sn and a few dispersed β-Mg17Al12 phases. The two as-cast alloys exhibit good tensile mechanical properties. After hot extrusion, dynamic recrystallization occurs. Average grain size reaches 6 μm ~ 8 μm for rods, and a lot of fine micro-scaled particles exist, resulting in significant enhancement of tensile mechanical properties. The extruded Mg-3.52Sn-3.32Al rod exhibits better comprehensive tensile mechanical property than AZ31B alloy, with tensile strength σb of 295 MPa, yield strength of 200 MPa and elongation of 21.5% at ambient temperature. The extruded Mg-6.54Sn-4.78Al rod exhibits equivalent comprehensive tensile mechanical properties with ZK60 alloy, achieving tensile strength of 355 MPa, yield strength of 275 MPa and elongation of 11% at ambient temperature. The extruded plates at ambient temperature performed a tensile strength of 270 MPa.


2013 ◽  
Vol 681 ◽  
pp. 256-259
Author(s):  
Xiu Qi Liu ◽  
He Qin Xing ◽  
Li Li Zhao ◽  
Dan Wang

In our study, a new kind of foam composite was prepared by melt blending with PVC as the matrix and carbon black (CB) as the filler, the standard-spline was made in the dumbbell system prototype. Tensile strength and elongation at break were measured at 25°C。When the CB was added greater than 2.0%, with the increase of CB added, the determination of sample mechanical index began to decline, when the CB content was greater than 9%, tensile strength and elongation at break of the composites remained basically unchanged.


2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 3843-3846
Author(s):  
Xiao Liu ◽  
Hu Fei Zhang

The effects of RE on the inclusions and the mechanical properties of 10PCuRE steel were studied. The results show that the morphologies and sizes of inclusions in 10PCuRE steel are changed, and RE played a very good role of modifying inclusions. Fracture is changed from cleavage to ductile fracture by adding RE to 10PCuRE steel. And the mechanical properties of 10PCuRE are improved. In comparison with 10PCuRE steel without RE, the transverse impact toughness of 10PCuRE steel with RE is increased 30.15% at -20°C, and the tensile strength and reduction of area have been improved 27.14%, 8.9%, respectively.


2015 ◽  
Vol 750 ◽  
pp. 339-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Pan ◽  
Jin Zhu Tan ◽  
Liu Fei Fan ◽  
Xue Mei Han

Three kinds of reinforcing fillers (i.e. carbon black N330, carbon black N880 and carbon-white) were used to study effect of the reinforcing fillers on the mechanical properties of NBR materials. The NBR materials with various reinforcing fillers were fabricated, and the mechanical property tests were performed in this work. The results show that the carbon black N330 made the NBR material have better tensile strength, hardness, elongation and compression elastic modulus compared to the carbon black N880 and the carbon-white, while the carbon-white made NBR material have better heat resistance, tear strength and elongation compared to the carbon black N330 and the carbon black N880. In addition, the tensile strength, tear strength, elongation and the heat resistance property of the NBR materials increased significantly with the increase of the carbon-white, but the compression elastic modulus decreased with the increase of the carbon-white.


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