Recycled HDPE/PET Clay Nanocomposites

2019 ◽  
Vol 821 ◽  
pp. 67-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres F. Rigail-Cedeño ◽  
Antonio Diaz-Barrios ◽  
Juan Gallardo-Bastidas ◽  
Stefania Ullaguari-Loor ◽  
Nicolás Morales-Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Young Modulus ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Clay Nanocomposites ◽  
Plastic Properties ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Single Screw Extruder ◽  
Cloisite 30B ◽  
Recycled Plastics ◽  
Cloisite 20A

Recycling waste plastics will support the preservation of natural resources and energy consumption. New challenges arise for the development of products that take advantage of solid waste. Upgrading recycled plastics using nanotechnology can tailor and consequently improve plastic properties for industrial applications. This research aims to process and relate the morphology and thermo-mechanical properties of recycled high-density polyethylene (rHDPE) and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) clay nanocomposites. Blends of rHDPE (75 wt %) coming from packaging and rPET (25 wt %) from bottles were mixed with two organoclays (Cloisite 20A and Cloisite 30B) (3 wt %) and a compatibilizer agent based on ethylene-glycidyl methacrylate (EGMA) (5 wt %). The recycled plastics nanocomposites were processed using a single-screw extruder incorporating a dispersive and distributive mixer and an injection molding machine. Several techniques were used to characterize the dispersion, morphology, mechanical properties and compatibilization of these composite blends. The reinforcing effect of rPET in the continuous rHDPE phase depended on the organoclay type and the compatibilizer additive. Both organoclays increased the stiffness and strength of rHDPE and rPET as evidenced by an increase in the corresponding Young modulus and ultimate tensile strength. EGMA increased the compatibility in the recycle plastics blend and in the clays nanocomposites as evidenced in elongation and energy at break results. On the other side, Cloisite 20A showed to be more compatible with EGMA than Cloisite 30B in these rHDPE/rPET blends based on the thermo-mechanical properties results.

The Effects of Bagasse Fiber Loading on the Mechanical Properties of Skim NR–Clay Nanocomposites

2016 ◽  
Vol 835 ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
Tarinee Nampitch ◽  
Rathanawan Magaraphan
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fatigue Testing ◽  
Fiber Content ◽  
Clay Nanocomposites ◽  
Fiber Loading ◽  
Cloisite 30B ◽  
Cure Time ◽  
Renewable Material ◽  
Bagasse Fiber ◽  
Cloisite 20A

Skim natural rubber (NR)–clay nanocomposites were prepared by a coagulation method using the organoclays Cloisite 15A, Cloisite 20A and Cloisite 30B. This work investigated the use of bagasse fiber developed from locally sourced and renewable material as an alternative and/or secondary filler in skim NR–clay nanocomposites. Bagasse fiber loading in the nanocomposites was 0, 5, 10 and 20 phr; the effects of fiber content on cure characteristics and mechanical properties were then determined. The results suggest that the Mooney viscosity tended to increase with increasing fiber content, whereas the cure time at 90% and fatigue testing score decreased as fiber loading increased.

scholarly journals Properties of clays reinforced PLA nanocomposites by melt extrusion technique

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-457
Author(s):  
Tika Paramitha ◽  
Vita Wonoputri ◽  
Daniel Steven D Sitompul ◽  
Hyung Woo Lee ◽  
Johnner P Sitompul
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
High Water ◽  
Poly Lactic Acid ◽  
Clay Nanocomposites ◽  
Melt Extrusion ◽  
Elongation At Break ◽  
Single Screw Extruder ◽  
Cloisite 30B ◽  
Better Than

Nanocomposites were prepared by melt extrusion technique using single screw extruder and subsequent hot compression. In this work, poly lactic acid-clay nanocomposites were obtained using two types of clays, namely commercial montmorillonite (Cloisite 30B) and commercial bentonite. Nanocomposites were prepared at low clay composition of 0.5, 1, 3, and 5 wt.% of clays. From XRD spectra, the partially exfoliation of nanoclay layers were occurred during melting extrusion. It resulted in improvement of mechanical properties, such as Young’s modulus, tensile strength, and elongation at break. The highest tensile strength was obtained by the addition of 0.5 wt.% commercial bentonite increasing about 23.25% compared to the neat PLA. The increasing composition of clays revealed a decrease in mechanical properties due to filler-filler interaction. Furthermore, water absorption of nanocomposites up to `1 wt.% of clays better than the neat PLA. Biodegradability was enhanced in the presence of higher clay composition due to high hydrophilicity of clay, high water uptake, and high interactions. The results show that the weight loss of the neat PLA and the nanocomposite with the addition of 5 wt.% of Cloisite 30B are 4.0% and 10.8%, respectively.

scholarly journals Effects of a Twin-Screw Extruder Equipped with a Molten Resin Reservoir on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Recycled Waste Plastic Polyethylene Pellet Moldings

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1058
Author(s):  
Hikaru Okubo ◽  
Haruka Kaneyasu ◽  
Tetsuya Kimura ◽  
Patchiya Phanthong ◽  
Shigeru Yao
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Twin Screw Extruder ◽  
Screw Extruder ◽  
Polymer Properties ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Twin Screw ◽  
Recycled Plastics

Each year, increasing amounts of plastic waste are generated, causing environmental pollution and resource loss. Recycling is a solution, but recycled plastics often have inferior mechanical properties to virgin plastics. However, studies have shown that holding polymers in the melt state before extrusion can restore the mechanical properties; thus, we propose a twin-screw extruder with a molten resin reservoir (MSR), a cavity between the screw zone and twin-screw extruder discharge, which retains molten polymer after mixing in the twin-screw zone, thus influencing the polymer properties. Re-extruded recycled polyethylene (RPE) pellets were produced, and the tensile properties and microstructure of virgin polyethylene (PE), unextruded RPE, and re-extruded RPE moldings prepared with and without the MSR were evaluated. Crucially, the elongation at break of the MSR-extruded RPE molding was seven times higher than that of the original RPE molding, and the Young’s modulus of the MSR-extruded RPE molding was comparable to that of the virgin PE molding. Both the MSR-extruded RPE and virgin PE moldings contained similar striped lamellae. Thus, MSR re-extrusion improved the mechanical performance of recycled polymers by optimizing the microstructure. The use of MSRs will facilitate the reuse of waste plastics as value-added materials having a wide range of industrial applications.

scholarly journals Effect of Organic Modifier Types on the Physical–Mechanical Properties and Overall Migration of Post-Consumer Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites for Food Packaging

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1502
Author(s):  
Eliezer Velásquez ◽  
Sebastián Espinoza ◽  
Ximena Valenzuela ◽  
Luan Garrido ◽  
María José Galotto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Food Packaging ◽  
Clay Nanocomposites ◽  
Organic Modifier ◽  
Thermal And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Chemical Safety ◽  
Elongation At Break ◽  
Fatty Food ◽  
Recycled Plastics ◽  
Thermal Stability Of

The deterioration of the physical–mechanical properties and loss of the chemical safety of plastics after consumption are topics of concern for food packaging applications. Incorporating nanoclays is an alternative to improve the performance of recycled plastics. However, properties and overall migration from polymer/clay nanocomposites to food require to be evaluated case-by-case. This work aimed to investigate the effect of organic modifier types of clays on the structural, thermal and mechanical properties and the overall migration of nanocomposites based on 50/50 virgin and recycled post-consumer polypropylene blend (VPP/RPP) and organoclays for food packaging applications. The clay with the most hydrophobic organic modifier caused higher thermal stability of the nanocomposites and greater intercalation of polypropylene between clay mineral layers but increased the overall migration to a fatty food simulant. This migration value was higher from the 50/50 VPP/RPP film than from VPP. Nonetheless, clays reduced the migration and even more when the clay had greater hydrophilicity because of lower interactions between the nanocomposite and the fatty simulant. Conversely, nanocomposites and VPP/RPP control films exhibited low migration values in the acid and non-acid food simulants. Regarding tensile parameters, elongation at break values of PP film significantly increased with RPP addition, but the incorporation of organoclays reduced its ductility to values closer to the VPP.

Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Clay Nanocomposites

2010 ◽  
Vol 123-125 ◽  
pp. 145-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahar Ghafarloo ◽  
Mehrdad Kokabi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Diglycidyl Ether ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Layered Silicates ◽  
Clay Nanocomposites ◽  
Curing Agent ◽  
Test Results ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Cloisite 30B ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

Achievement of exfoliated structure of polymer/ Clay nanocomposites is of particular interest for the improvement of mechanical properties. In this work, the morphology and mechanical properties of epoxy/ clay nanocomposites has been investigated. Diglycidyl ether of bis-phenol A (DGEBA) epoxy resin (EPON828) and Jeffamine D400 curing agent was used. To obtain perfect dispersion, nanoclay (Cloisite 30B) was sonicated in acetone. The mixture was then mixed with polymer. Afterwards, the curing process was performed by addition of curing agent and degassing. Disappearing of peaks in X-Ray diffraction patterns of nanocomposites containing less than 5wt% nanoclay, is a good evidence of perfect dispersion of layered silicates in matrix, i.e. formation of exfoliated morphology. Based on tensile test results, it is deduced that as the amount of nanoclay increases, the elastic modulus and elongation at break of the nanocomposites containing 1wt% and 5wt% nanoclay increases by 12% and 31%, respectively. Therefore, obtaining perfect dispersion of layered silicates in epoxy matrix and exfoliated morphology, results in better mechanical properties of the nanocomposites.

scholarly journals Review: The Comparison of Clay Modifier (Cloisite Types) in Various Epoxy-Clay Nanocomposite Synthesis Methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yunus Firdaus ◽  
Herlinda Octaviani ◽  
Humaira Herlini ◽  
Nurul Fatimah ◽  
Tika Mulyaningsih ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Tensile Modulus ◽  
Clay Nanocomposites ◽  
Synthesis Methods ◽  
Ultrasonic Synthesis ◽  
Mechanical Stirring ◽  
Cloisite 30B ◽  
Study Results ◽  
New Material

Nanocomposites are a new material discovery in the 21st century. One of the nanocomposite materials which are useful in life is epoxy-clay nanocomposites. Epoxy clay nanocomposites have a reasonably wide application in industrial fields such as aerospace, defense, automobile, etc. The purpose of writing this review is to conduct a literature review on mechanical properties in various Cloisite as a filler of Epoxy-clay Nanocomposites. There are several examples of cloisite, namely Cloisite 10A, Cloisite 15A, Cloisite 20A, Cloisite 25A, Cloisite 30B, and Cloisite 93A. Cloisite has the advantage of producing mechanical properties, especially in the tensile modulus and strength, which is more increased than conventional reinforcing materials. These methods' synthesis results were then characterized using TEM, SEM, XRD, and other tests to determine their mechanical properties. The material parameters resulting from nanocomposites' synthesis are well seen from the high Tensile strength and modulus values. The highest increase in mechanical properties was found in the cloisite 93A by the ultrasonic synthesis method or mechanical stirring based on the study results.

Effect of intercalant types on the properties of melt blended metallocene polyethylene/metallocene polyethylene-g-silane/clay nanocomposites

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 475-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Chih Chen ◽  
Jung-Liang Liu ◽  
Sun-Mou Lai ◽  
Shi-Xian Tang ◽  
Horng Jer Tai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clay Content ◽  
Clay Nanocomposites ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Tear Strength ◽  
Metallocene Polyethylene ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Polyolefin Elastomer ◽  
Cloisite 30B ◽  
Cloisite 20A

Abstract Melt mixed metallocene-catalyzed ­polyethylene elastomer (mPE)/clay nanocomposites, using a functionalized polyolefin elastomer (mPE-g-silane) as a compatibilizer, with the addition of the commercial clay with different intercalant types (Cloisite 20A and 30B) were prepared to investigate the importance of interfacial interaction. Cloisite 30B gave a relatively higher polarity than Cloisite 20A, but smaller original d-spacing. According to X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results, Cloisite 20A-filled nanocomposites depicted fairly well-dispersed clay within the mPE matrix, except with higher clay content. By contrast, the clay agglomerates were evident for Cloisite 30B-filled cases. A continuous increase of gel content for Cloisite 20A-filled systems was observed, but only a limited variation for Cloisite 30B-filled systems was found. The roles of the polarity degree of the organically modified clay, original d-spacing, and the compatibilizer, were quite essential. Young’s modulus of Cloisite 20A-filled samples increased with increasing clay content, from 23.8±1.3 MPa [0 parts per hundred resins (phr)] to 34.1±2.0 MPa (9 phr), whereas modulus of Cloisite 30B-filled samples did not show a significant variation. The tear strength of Cloisite 20A-filled nanocomposites increased up to two-fold with increasing clay content, reaching 9 phr. Only a slight increase in tear strength of Cloisite 30B-filled nanocomposites was observed. For the cutting strength, Cloisite 20A-filled cases also conferred higher values in comparison with Cloisite 30B-filled cases.

Nanoindentation Study of Polymer Based Nanocomposites

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 363-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.H. Nai ◽  
Chwee Teck Lim ◽  
K.Y. Zeng ◽  
Vincent B.C. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Viscoelastic Behavior ◽  
Polymeric Materials ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Clay Nanocomposites ◽  
Plastic Properties ◽  
Properties Of Materials ◽  
Unloading Stiffness

Nanoindentation is a useful technique to measure hardness as well as elastic and timedependent plastic properties of materials with nanometer resolution. The measurement of elastic modulus of polymeric materials remains challenging due to their viscoelastic behavior. Clay reinforced nylon6 nanocomposites are found to have great improvement in the elastic modulus and tensile strength due to exfoliated hybrid structure. However, its mechanical properties have not been well investigated. In the present study, hardness and elastic modulus of nylon6-5wt%clay nanocomposites were investigated using nanoindentation. Creep effects of the nanocomposites on the unloading stiffness, which directly relates to the elastic modulus, were studied under various unloading rates and holding periods. It was found that the elastic modulus and hardness of nylon6-5wt%clay nanocomposites increased by 58% and 80%, respectively, as compared to pure nylon6. Experimental results for both polycarbonate and nylon6-5wt%clay nanocomposites showed that loading rate had no significant effects on the unloading stiffness. However, stiffness decreased to more consistent values after longer holding periods (more than 30 sec) and at faster unloading rates. The results indicated that creep behavior of the polymers affects the measurement of the unloading stiffness and may possibly overestimate the elastic modulus. Errors in the stiffness measurements from nanoindentation could be minimized with appropriate loading, unloading and holding conditions.

Effect of Cloisite 30B nanoclay on the mechanical properties of HDPE nanocomposites

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natarajan Venkatesan ◽  
Govindasamy Bhavani Bhaskar ◽  
Sudhakar Rajesh ◽  
Kaliyaperumal Pazhanivel ◽  
Suresh Sagadevan
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Cloisite 30B

Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene Terephthalate/Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (PET/EPDM) in the Presence of Nanoclay

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-259
Author(s):  
Baifen Liu ◽  
Mohammad Mirjalili ◽  
Peiman Valipour ◽  
Sajad Porzal ◽  
shirin Nourbakhsh
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Impact Strength ◽  
Thermal Destruction ◽  
Processing Temperature ◽  
Tem Analysis ◽  
Maximum Stiffness ◽  
Cloisite 30B ◽  
Nano Clay ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Sample Maximum

This research deals with the mechanical properties, microstructure, and interrelations of triple nanocomposite based on PET/EPDM/Nanoclay. These properties were examined in different percentages of PET/EPDM blend with compatibilizer (Styrene-Ethylene/Butylene-Styrene)-G-(Maleic anhydrate) (SEBS-g-MAH). Results showed that the addition of 15% SEBS-g-MAH improved the toughness and impact strength of this nanocomposite. SEM micrographs indicated the most stable fuzzy microstructure in a 50/50 mixture of scattered phases of EPDM/SEBS-g-MAH. The effects of percentages of 1, 3, 5, 7 nanoclay Cloisite 30B (C30B) on the improvement of the properties were evaluated. With the addition of nano clay, the toughness and impact strength was reduced. Thermal destruction of nanoclay in processing temperature led to the decreasing dispersion of clay plates in the matrix and a reduction in the distances of nano clay plates in the composite compared to pure nano clay. XRD and TEM analysis was used to demonstrate the results. By adding 1% of nanoclay to the optimal sample, maximum stiffness, and Impact strength, among other nanocomposites, was achieved.

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