Radiation effect on polypropylene/natural rubber/clay nanocomposites

Author

Sharif, Jamaliah ; Abu Bakar, Nurhazirah ; Aqilah Fasihah, Rusli ; Dahlan Khairul Zaman, Hj Mohd

Author_Institution

Radiat. Process. Div., Malaysian Nucl. Agency, Kajang, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

1-3 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Polymer clay nanocomposites are hybrids materials consists of inorganic fillers and organic polymeric matrix with one having a dimension in the nanometer range. Montmorillonite (MMT) one of the layered clay minerals which is used as filler in this work is a hydrated alumina silicate clay composed of two silicate tetrahedral sheets with certain alumina octahedral sheet. The silicate layers of MMT are planar with 1 nm thickness and 1000 to 2000A in length and width. This silicate layers do not occur as isolated individuals but aggregated to form crystalline structures. A few weight percent of layered clay if exfoliated and homogeniously dispersed in polymer matrix resulting material with superior mechanical, thermal and barrier properties.

Keywords

alumina; clay; crystal structure; electron beam effects; filled polymers; nanocomposites; nanofabrication; polymer blends; rubber; silicon compounds; Al₂O-SiO₂; barrier properties; crystalline structure; hybrid materials; hydrated alumina silicate clay; inorganic fillers; layered clay minerals; mechanical properties; montmorillonite; organic polymeric matrix; polymer matrix; polypropylene-natural rubber-clay nanocomposites; radiation effect; silicate layers; size 1 nm; thermal properties;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enabling Science and Nanotechnology (ESciNano), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8853-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESCINANO.2010.5700966

Filename

5700966