Poly(butylene terephthalate)-clay nanocomposites prepared by melt intercalation: morphology and thermomechanical properties
- Authors
- Chang, Young wook; Kim, Suksoo; Kyung, Youngbin
- Issue Date
- Feb-2005
- Publisher
- JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
- Keywords
- poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT)-clay nanocomposite; mechanical properties; non-isothermal crystallization temperature
- Citation
- POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, v.54, no.2, pp.348 - 353
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- POLYMER INTERNATIONAL
- Volume
- 54
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 348
- End Page
- 353
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/46107
- DOI
- 10.1002/pi.1686
- ISSN
- 0959-8103
- Abstract
- Nanocomposites based on poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) and an organoclay (Cloisite 30B) were prepared by melt blending using a twin-screw extruder. Two kinds of PBTs, ie PBT-A and PBT-B, with different inherent viscosities (eta(inh)), were used for this study (eta(inh) of PBT-A and PBT-B were 0.74 and 1.48, respectively). Dispersion of the clay layers in the PBT nanocomposites was characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Tensile and dynamic mechanical properties and non-isothermal crystallization temperatures of the nanocomposites were also examined. Nanocomposites based on the higher-viscosity PBT (PBT-B) showed a higher degree of exfoliation of the clay and a higher reinforcing effect when compared to the composites based on the lower-viscosity PBT (PBT-A). The clay nanolayers dispersed in PBT matrices lead to increases in the non-isothermal crystallization temperatures of the PBTs, with such increases being more significant for the PBT-B nanocomposites than for the PBT-A nanocomposites. (C) 2004 Society of Chemical Industry.
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