TY - GEN
T1 - Some studies on montmorillonite (MMT) filled polypropylene composite systems
AU - Li, Robert K.Y.
AU - Shi, Dean
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - In this presentation, two aspects of PP/MMT composite systems will be addressed. In the first part, the effect of using MMT particles as the initiator carrier in the melt grafting reaction of maleic anhydride (MAH) onto polypropylene backbone will be presented. It was found that using this method; the degradation of the PP molecular chains can be significantly reduced. In the second part, a method of improving the dispersion of MMT particles in PP/MMT nanocomposites will be presented. This new method involves the pretreatment of MMT particles with PVA, and our results show that the method is effective in improving the dispersion of MMT particles in PP matrix.
AB - In this presentation, two aspects of PP/MMT composite systems will be addressed. In the first part, the effect of using MMT particles as the initiator carrier in the melt grafting reaction of maleic anhydride (MAH) onto polypropylene backbone will be presented. It was found that using this method; the degradation of the PP molecular chains can be significantly reduced. In the second part, a method of improving the dispersion of MMT particles in PP/MMT nanocomposites will be presented. This new method involves the pretreatment of MMT particles with PVA, and our results show that the method is effective in improving the dispersion of MMT particles in PP matrix.
KW - Maleic anhydride
KW - Montmorillonite
KW - Nanocomposites
KW - Poly (vinyl alcohol)
KW - Polypropylene
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M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
VL - 2
SP - 1810
EP - 1814
BT - Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings
T2 - ANTEC 2004 - Annual Technical Conference Proceedings
Y2 - 16 May 2004 through 20 May 2004
ER -