Study on properties of polymers packed by aragonite whisker

Author

Wenyu, Shang ; Qingfeng, Liu ; Enguang, He ; Shoutian, Chen

Author_Institution

Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., China

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

431

Abstract

Hard PVC and PP were filled by lightweight CaCO₃ and aragonite whisker respectively. The influences of sort, quantity and surface treatment of fillers on properties of packed polymers were investigated. According to the results, it was found that whisker was much better than calcium carbonate as filler. Firstly, it can improve the manufacturing property of composites. When whisker was selected, the torque in manufacturing procedure was much low. Secondly, whisker can improve the mechanical properties. The tensile strength and impact strength were much high when whisker was chosen as filler. After treating the whisker by suitable coupling agents, the properties of the composites can be improved further more. It was because whisker can arrange in the polymer matrix rapidly and endow excellent strength and toughness to the polymer matrix composites

Keywords

calcium compounds; filled polymers; impact strength; surface treatment; tensile strength; whiskers (crystal); CaCO₃; PVC; aragonite whisker; calcium carbonate; coupling agent; filled polymer; impact strength; manufacturing process; mechanical properties; packed polymer; polymer matrix composite; polypropylene; surface treatment; tensile strength; torque; Calcium; Chemicals; Filling; Manufacturing; Mechanical factors; Polymers; Powders; Testing; Torque; Viscosity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials, 2000. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5459-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPADM.2000.875722

Filename

875722