POLYPROPYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES BY MELT PROCESSING
Pages 127-136
M. Strat, Codruta Picealca, S. Gurlui, I. Grecu, G. Strat and S. Stratulat
Abstract
In this paper the clay treatments for production of polypropylene nanocomposites by melt intercalation method are used. Polymer-clay composites have been prepared by melt blending an organo-nanoline with linear polymers in a disk-screw extruder. Nano-structure of produced composites and the interactions between atomic groups and polymer chains is demonstrated by X-ray diffraction. The physical-mechanical properties of prepared composites with different percents of clay are measured and compared, too. The obtained results show that treated clay increase mechanical properties of prepared composites.