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Silicate Nano-composites
Submitted by-
Ajay Kumar(110020060)
Puja Agarwala (133020017)
Shikha Rajouria(133020018)
Aayush Raj
Introduction
Composite: material made of more than one
component
Composite material categories: Polymeric,
metallic, and ceramic
Nanocomposite: The nanoscale composite
Polymer nanocomposites: nanocomposite
made with polymer and nano- scale filler
Types of fillers
Layered silicates
Metal oxide nanoparticles
Inorganic nanotubes
Expandable graphite
Layered titanate
Cellulose nanowhiskers
Carbon nanotubes
Layered silicates
Enhancement in properties
High moduli,
Increased strength
Heat resistance,
Decreased gas permeability
Flammability,
Increased degradability of biodegradable polymers
Improved properties in nanocomposites is due to
interfacial interaction between the polymer and
layered silicate, as opposed to conventional
composites.
Rheological Behaviour
For fixed shear rate, with increase in silicate particle loading, viscosity increases
monotonically
In the low-shear rate region neat polymer showed Newtonian behavior, whereas
intercalated nanocomposites showed shear thinning behaviour and its more
prominent with higher silicate loading.
At high shear rate both neat polymer and nanocomposites displayed strong shear
thinning behaviour.
Conclusion
Linear rheological material functions showed that the nanocomposites
are characterized by a solid-like behavior as revealed by the
presence of a low-frequency plateau on storage modulus
The magnitude of such plateau or pseudo-plateau is found to strongly
depend on the level of interactions between the polymer matrix and the
modified layered silicate. Such specific interactions favour the state of
dispersion-distribution of the layered silicate within the polymeric
matrix that lead to the formation of a long range or short range
percolating network. However, such a network does not seem very
stable
In fact steady shear flow destroys such connectivity and imparts the
material with a rather Newtonian behavior in the high-shear rate region.
For the moment it is not clear whether or not such percolating network
can be maintained when the nanocomposites are reprocessed in
machines such as extruders and injection moldings
References :
J. Ind. Eng. Chem., Vol. 12, No. 6, (2006) 811-842
Journal of materials science, 39(2004)1919 1925
Appl. Organometal. Chem. 12, 675+680 (1998)
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