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Investigation on Nylon 66 silicate nanocomposites modified under gamma radiation

  • Rajiv Pradhan , Arnab Shanker Bhattacharyya , Nilay Pramanik , Ramsankar Haldar , Utpal Kumar Niyogi , Rakesh Kumar Khandal and Shantanu Bhowmik EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: September 27, 2012
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Abstract

This investigation highlights the processing of Nylon 66 and the incorporation of nano-silicate into the Nylon 66 polymeric matrix. Further, radiation modification of Nylon 66 and nano-silicate dispersed Nylon 66 was carried out in order to essentially alter the physicochemical properties of the material. A combination of both the above methods of processing and modifying the neat Nylon 66 polymeric matrix provides an interesting aspect for studying the resultant effect on the variation in properties of the composite material over the virgin polymer. There was a significant improvement of physicothermal and physicomechanical properties when Nylon 66-silicate nanocomposites were further modified under gamma radiation, which was confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), tensile and water absorption studies.


Corresponding author: Shantanu Bhowmik, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71, Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 638075 and Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands

Received: 2011-11-15
Accepted: 2012-8-17
Published Online: 2012-09-27
Published in Print: 2012-10-01

©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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