Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites Produced by Dispersing Layered Silicates in Thermoplastic Melts

The effect of 1.5 wt. % Cloisite 30B organoclay (Cl30B) containing the hydroxyethyl fragments in the surfactant structure on polyamide 6 (PA 6) / functionalized polyolefin (fPO) – a mixture of linear low-density polyethylene and ethylene copolymer with higher olefin – on the structure, mechanical and rheological properties of the materials was studied. The fPO concentration in the blends was varied from 15 to 50 wt. %. The fPO production and the blend compounding were carried out in melt using a twin-screw mixing reactor. The organoclay in the composition of the blends was introduced in two ways: simultaneously with all polymer components (one-step process) and with its preliminary localization in the PA 6 phase (two-step process). It was established that the complex of static and dynamic mechanical and also rheological characteristics of materials and the crystallisability of the components in the blends depend on the way of the Cl30B distribution in the PA6 and fPO phases, as well as on the phase structure of the blends. The organoclay localization mainly in the polyamide phase leads to a 1.3–3.0 time increase of the impact strength of the blends in which fPO forms a dispersed phase and increases their deformation capacity under tension up to 1.2 times regardless of the phase structure. The organoclay blends localized in the PA 6 phase have increased the values of melt flowability and mechanical loss angle tangent at the PA 6 a-relaxation transition and dynamic shear modulus in the temperature range from –100 to 150 °С compared to the materials produced by one-stage technology, which is explained by the blocking of organoclay amide and other polar groups in the structure of PA6 macromolecules in the polyamide phase and by a decrease as a result of this intensity of interfacial interactions with fPO.

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Influence of the dispersion method of modified layered silicate on the structure and properties of mixed composites based on polyamide and functionalized polyolefin

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Bogdanovich

2020

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The dependences of the structure and properties of polyamide 6 (PA6) with a functionalized polyolefin (FPO) mixtures on the dispersing method of organically modified clay Cloisite 30В (Cl30В) were studied. The concentration of Cl30B organoclay in PA6/fPO mixtures was constant and amounted to 3.0 wt.%, and the content of fPO varied from 10 to 50 wt.%. Compounding of the mixtures was carried out in the melt using a twin-screw extrusion reactor-mixer. Organoclay was introduced into the composition of the mixtures in two ways: simultaneously with all polymer components (one-stage process) and from the previously obtained Cl30B concentrate into fPO (two-stage process). It is established that the introduction of Cl30B organoclay into the composition of the PA6/fPO mixture using the two-stage technology makes it possible to obtain nanocomposites with increased yield strengths (5–6 %), tensile strength (9–15 %), and elongation at break (1.2–4 times) compared with nanocomposites prepared according to a single-stage technology. At the same time, nanocomposites obtained by a single-stage technology in which PA6 forms a dispersion medium, regardless of the type of incision and the test method, have higher impact resistance (up to 1.2 times) than materials prepared by the two-stage method. This is explained by differences in the degree of dispersion of the nanofiller and the level of interphase interactions between the polymer components and nanoparticles, as a result of which the crystallinity of the components in the mixtures changes, as well as the complex of their rheological and mechanical characteristics. It was also shown that Cl30B organoclay additives, irrespective to the method of its introduction, increase the thermal stability of PA 6/fPO mixtures in comparison with the initial PA6. The results can be used in the development of real technical nanocomposites with improved properties based on PA6 and fPO.

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Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites Produced by Dispersing Layered Silicates in Thermoplastic Melts

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