Using constrained mixture design method for optimizing the properties of organoclay filled ethylene-octene copolymer nanocomposites

Abstract

The mixture design method was used to model the physical and mechanical properties of ethyleneoctene copolymer (EOC) nanocomposite containing organically modified montmorillonite (OMT) which were cross-linked dynamically by various amounts of dicumyl peroxide (DCP). A mixture design technique with three components was employed to assess the correlations between the selected properties of the nanocomposites and the component values. For this purpose, EOC, OMT and DCP content were selected as the components. The influences of these components were studied on the tensile strength, modulus at 100% strain, strain at break, x-ray peak intensity and the initial slope of the logarithm of storage modulus versus the logarithm of angular frequency of the nanocomposites prepared. The regression equations of the models as well as contour plots were generated for the properties studied. Good agreements were found between the experimental results and those predicted by the models. The contour plots of each property were overlaid within the applied constraints to discover the combination of factor ranges that provided the nanocomposite with optimal performance.

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