Factorial Design Applied for Evaluation of Effect of Interactions among Precursors on the Thermal Decomposition Temperature of Montmorillonite/Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Nanocomposites

Abstract

In this work, full 2 4 factorial design with triplicate of the central points was used to study the effect of synthesis conditions on the temperature of thermal decomposition (T d ) of protonated montmorillonite/poly(methyl methacrylate) (H + Mt/PMMA) nanocomposites. From combination of the independent variables such as polymer (methyl methacrylate, MMA), coupling agent