Open AccessInvestigation of the thermal, mechanical and biological properties of PVC/ABS blends loaded with cobalt chloride for biomedical and electronics applications
Author(s) -
Muhammad Shabbir Shakir,
Muhammad Kaleem Khosa,
Khalid Mahmood Zia,
Muhammad Jawwad Saif,
Tanveer Hussain Bokhari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the serbian chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1820-7421
pISSN - 0352-5139
DOI - 10.2298/jsc201123018s
Subject(s) - materials science , thermal stability , casting , composite material , cobalt , composite number , thermal , chemical engineering , metallurgy , physics , meteorology , engineering
New PVC/ABS and CoCl2 composites with various concentrations of cobalt chloride (?10 wt. %) were synthesized by solution casting techniques and investigated by spectro-chemical, morphological and thermal mode of characterization. The FT-IR, XRD and SEM analyses proved the smooth distribution and uniformity of the constituents of the composite materials. Thermal behavior showed that the addition of CoCl2 to the PVC/ABS blends enhanced the thermal stability and improved mechanical properties of composites due to crosslinking between PVC/ABS blend and CoCl2. Thus based on their remarkable morphology, thermomechanical stability and promising bioactivities, the synthesized composites could be applied for high performance polymeric materials in the field of biomedics and electronics.