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Swelling kinetics of linseed oil‐based nanocomposites
Author(s) -
Sharma Vinay,
Banait J. S.,
Kundu P. P.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.30523
Subject(s) - swelling , nanocomposite , linseed oil , montmorillonite , diffusion , materials science , kinetics , solvent , polymer chemistry , polymer , tetrahydrofuran , fick's laws of diffusion , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The solvent‐resistance properties of the montmorillonite‐filled conjugated linseed oil‐based nanocomposites are studied in tetrahydrofuran through equilibrium swelling method at different temperatures. The values of “ n ” in solvent transport equation are found to be below “0.5,” showing the non‐Fickian diffusion in the polymer. The dependence of the diffusion coefficient on the composition, percentage of clay, and temperature has been studied for nanocomposite samples. The diffusion coefficient increases with an increase in the clay contents and temperature. The crosslink density of the nanocomposites ranges from 101.07 to 237.46 × 10 6 mol/cm 3 . © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009