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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 43, Issue 22, Pages 7230-7238Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-008-2938-x
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This study deals with the wear rates and quasistatic mechanical properties of polypropylene ( PP) infused with layered organo-modified montmorillonite nanoclays. Test results show that PP infused with 2 wt.% of organo-modified montmorillonite gives improved mechanical strength, higher fracture toughness, and lower wear rates. Transmission electron microscopy shows that the structure of the modified nanocomposite changes from an exfoliated structure at 1 wt.% nanoclay loading to an intercalated structures at 5 wt.% nanoclay loading. The general improvement in properties, which includes but not limited to the thermal barrier properties, may be attributed to the change in structure.
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