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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 146, Issue 1-2, Pages 26-36Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2014.02.038
Keywords
Composite materials; Electron microscopy; Thermal expansion; Annealing
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- Boeing Company
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Thermal expansion is one of the major concerns for polymer composites. In this research, graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) were added to polyetherimide (PEId) thermoplastic polymer in order to reduce the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the injection molded composite. First, the coefficient of linear thermal expansion (LTE) was measured in three directions in the anisotropic coupon: 0 degrees, 90 degrees and the out of plane Z direction. It is found that the GNP particles are very effective in terms of reducing the LTE in 0 degrees direction due to high degree of alignment. After annealing above glass transition temperature, significant increase of 0 degrees LTE and decrease of Z degrees LTE were observed. The bulk CTE was calculated by adding up the LTEs in all three directions and is found to be independent of annealing. Second, several models were applied to predict both CTE and LTE. It is found that Schapery's lower limit model fits the experimental CTE very well. Chow's model was applied for LTEs in three directions. The behavior of GNP-5/PEId composites is explained by the combination of Chow's model and morphology obtained by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Published by Elsevier B.V.
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