"EFFECT OF NANOCLAY ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF COMPATIBILIZED ETHYLE" by ATUL RAJAN, Pradeep Upadhyaya et al.

International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Article Title

EFFECT OF NANOCLAY ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF COMPATIBILIZED ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER / HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE BLENDS

Authors

ATUL RAJAN, Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, IndiaFollow
Pradeep Upadhyaya, Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, IndiaFollow
Navin Chand, Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, IndiaFollow
VIJAI KUMAR, Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Lucknow (U.P.) IndiaFollow

Abstract

This paper presents a part of research on the mechanical properties of compatibilized Poly (ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVA)/ high density polyethylene (HDPE)/ organo modified montmorillonite (OMMT) nanocomposites prepared by melt mixing technique. Use of maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (MA-g-PE) as Compatibilizer improves compatibility of EVA and HDPE. Blends containing EVA/HDPE blend with 2 phr MA-g-PE shows optimum properties. It observes that the addition of nanoclay improves the mechanical properties like tensile strength, flexural modulus, abrasion resistance and hardness of compatibilized nanocomposites systems. The morphology is studied by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The optimized properties occurrs at clay loading levels of 4 phr with MA-g-PE system.

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RAJAN, ATUL; Upadhyaya, Pradeep; Chand, Navin; and KUMAR, VIJAI (2014) "EFFECT OF NANOCLAY ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF COMPATIBILIZED ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER / HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE BLENDS," International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: Vol. 4 : Iss. 1 , Article 13.
Available at: https://www.interscience.in/ijmie/vol4/iss1/13

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