Morphology and Properties of Nylon 6 Blown Films Reinforced with Different Weight Percentage of Nanoclay Additives | Zendy

Raghavendra R. Hegde | Zendy; Gajanan Bhat | Zendy; Bhushan Deshpande | Zendy

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Morphology and Properties of Nylon 6 Blown Films Reinforced with Different Weight Percentage of Nanoclay Additives

Author(s) -

Raghavendra R. Hegde,

Gajanan Bhat,

Bhushan Deshpande

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of polymer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.399

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1687-9430

pISSN - 1687-9422

DOI - 10.1155/2012/959035

Subject(s) - materials science , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , tear resistance , toughness , spherulite (polymer physics) , morphology (biology) , lamellar structure , wetting , microscale chemistry , izod impact strength test , nanocomposite , nylon 6 , polymer , mathematics education , mathematics , biology , genetics

This article presents the effect of increasing weight percentage natural nanoclay additives on the structure, morphology and mechanical properties of nylon-6-blown films. Combination of X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis and microscopy were used to determine nanocomposite film morphology. The nanoclay additives in the films act as nucleating agent facilitates γ-crystalline forms and results in fine grained spherulite with smaller lamellar size. Increase in tensile, burst, and tear strength is observed for films with up to 5% clay loading. Even though microscale property like tensile and tear strength drops at higher add on levels, near-surface nanoscale hardness and toughness of the film keep on increasing. There is a direct correlation between nanoclay additive add on level and increase in surface energy and wetting behavior of films

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