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Weatherability of conventional and nanocomposites of LDPE and Zinc Oxide
Author(s) -
Redhwi Halim Hamid,
Siddiqui Mohammad Nahid,
Andrady Anthony L.,
Muhammad Younas,
Syed Hussain
Publication year - 2017
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.23592
Subject(s) - materials science , low density polyethylene , composite material , ultimate tensile strength , filler (materials) , nanocomposite , composite number , weathering , thermoplastic , nanoscopic scale , polyethylene , zinc , metallurgy , geomorphology , nanotechnology , geology
LDPE thermoplastic composites prepared using 1–4 wt% of conventional filler‐grade ZnO and nanoscale ZnO were investigated to determine whether the presence of either grade of filler affected the weatherability of the composite material. Outdoor exposure (natural weathering) studies and accelerated weathering was performed and tensile properties were used to assess the weather‐induced damage. Weatherability under outdoor exposure and under laboratory‐ accelerated conditions, primarily quantified using tensile properties, were found to be the same for composites with conventional and nanoscale ZnO filler. POLYM. COMPOS., 38:341–348, 2017. © 2015 Society of Plastics Engineers