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Evolution of dispersion along the extruder during the manufacture of polymer-organoclay nanocomposites

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Resumo:Although correlationsbetweenthe final dispersionleveloforganoclaynanocompositesandmeltmixing conditions inatwinscrewextruderhavebeenproposed,theactuallengthwiseevolutionofdispersionin these machinesisstillnotwellunderstood.Despitetheirpracticalimportancesuchstudiesaredifficult, due tothepossibilityofinducingdegradationand/ormorphologychangesduringmaterialcollection and/or samplepreparation.Thisworkuseson-linerheometryandin-linenear-infraredspectroscopy (NIR) tomonitortheevolutionofdispersionofaPP/PP-g-MA/organoclaysystemalongtheaxisoftwin screwextruder.Regardlessofthescrewprofile utilised,dispersiondevelopsquicklyinthe first partofthe machine, andthenitlevels-offordecreases,evenifthe final dispersionlevelsaresignificant. Inorderto validatethisdata,ScanningTransmittedElectronMicroscopy(STEM),X-raydiffraction(XRD)andmid- FT-IRanalysesarecarriedoutonsamplescollectedfromthesamelocationswheretheon-line/in-line measurements wereperformed.Theresultsconfirmed thepreviousmeasurements.Thermogravimetric analysis(TGA)andTimeofFlight-SecondaryIonMassSpectrometry(TOF-SIMS)onclay,matrixand nanocomposite showedthatthermaldegradationoftheclaysurfactantandofthepolymermatrixcould contribute totheobserveddispersionreversal.
Autores principais:Barbas, J. M.
Outros Autores:Machado, A. V.; Covas, J. A.
Assunto:On-line monitoring Rheology Near-infraredspectroscopy Polymer nanocomposites
Ano:2013
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso restrito
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho

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