Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polyamide 6 Nanocomposite Toughened with Epoxidised Natural Rubber-25

Abstract:

Polyamide (PA6) is an engineering plastic with wide range of applications and the development in the field of montmorillonite (MMT) filled polymer nanocomposites has resulted in the development of PA6/MMT nanocomposites. However, MMT filled PA6 nanocomposites are notch sensitive and brittle at low temperatures, which posed as a major setback for many of its applications. The main objective of this study is to enhance the toughness of PA6/MMT (100/4) nanocomposites with epoxidised natural rubber-25 (ENR25). The ENR-25 content in the composites ranged from 15 to 30 wt%. The PA6/ENR/MMT nanocomposites were extruded and injection molded into tensile and impact test samples. The addition of ENR25 into PA6/MMT nanocomposites improved the impact strength of the nanocomposites while tensile modulus and tensile strength decreased with increasing ENR25 content. The thermal properties of PA6/ENR/MMT nanocomposites were also investigated via thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Both T10% and derivative thermal analysis (DTA) determined the lower thermal stability of PA6/MMT nanocomposites after addition of ENR.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 471-472)
• Pages: 518-523
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.471-472.518
• Online since: February 2011
• Authors: Nematzadeh Navid, Uzir Wahit Mat, Hassan Azman, Mahmoudian Shaya
• Keywords: Epoxidized Natural Rubber (ENR), Nanocomposite, PA6, Toughening

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