Kang, Donghee and Kim, Dongsik and Yoon, Sung-Hwan and Kim, Dongkyu and Barry, Carol and Mead, Joey. (2007) Properties and dispersion of EPDM/modified-organoclay nanocomposites. Macromolecular materials and engineering, 292 (3). pp. 329-338. ISSN 1438-7492
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Elastomers show improved properties when reinforced with nanoclay at low filler loadings, but dispersion of the clay is difficult in non-polar polymers, such as ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM). In this work several compatibilization approaches were studied, including the addition of EPDM modified with maleic anhydride (EPDM-g-MA) and the use of organoclay modified with maleic anhydride-grafted liquid vinyl polybutadiene (LVPB-g-MA). The use of LVPB-g-MA-modified organoclay increased the degree of dispersion as measured by X-ray diffraction, giving increased thermal stability and modulus, and decreased swelling. Flame resistance was poorer for the EPDM/LVPB-g-MA-modified organoclay system compared to the unmodified EPDM/organoclay compound.The resistivity of the nanoclay-filled composites was lower than the reference EPDM compound, but dielectric properties for the LVPB-g-MA modified organoclay were similar to the reference.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dispersion |
| InterNano Taxonomy: | Nanoscale Objects and Nanostructured Materials > Nanocomposites |
| Collections: | Nanomanufacturing Research Collection |
| Depositing User: | Moureen Kemei |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2010 13:29 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2010 13:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.internano.org/id/eprint/457 |
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