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Study on dispersion and intercalation of organoclay in PP and PP‐ g ‐MA matrices
Author(s) -
Hedayati A.,
Arefazar A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.20792
Subject(s) - organoclay , materials science , nanocomposite , intercalation (chemistry) , composite material , dispersion (optics) , mixing (physics) , rheology , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , optics
Abstract Understanding the complex mechanism of dispersion and intercalation of the clay tactoids can allow us to control the final morphology, homogeneity, and the macroscopic properties of clay nanocomposites. The objective of this work is a multiscale study of the dispersion state of PP/organoclay and PP‐ g ‐MA/organoclay composite. The microscopic investigation, WAXS diffractograms, rheological analysis, and mechanical properties were used to characterize the dispersion of organoclay in PP and PP‐ g ‐MA matrices during melt blending in two different shear rates. The morphological results show a system of aggregating intercalated clay particles which disperse by increasing mixing time with a strain‐controlled process and a very quick intercalation process in early mixing times for PP‐ g ‐MA/organoclay nanocomposite, while PP/organoclay samples only form microcomposites. The relative network modulus of these intercalated particles as a function of mixing time was obtained; and the tensile modulus of nanocomposite samples were compared with Halpin‐Tsai model prediction. POLYM. COMPOS., 2009. © 2009 Society of Plastics Engineers