Journal
FIBERS AND POLYMERS
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 513-518Publisher
KOREAN FIBER SOC
DOI: 10.1007/s12221-009-0513-y
Keywords
Carbon nanotube; Polypropylene; Melt mixing; Filament; Nanocomposite
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- Soongsil University
- Korea Institute of Industrial Technology(KITECH) [2007-E-ID11-P-03-0-000, 2007-E-ID11-P-03] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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This study examined the thermal and mechanical properties of polypropylene filaments reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs). The MWNTs were functionalized with maleic anhydride polypropylene to increase the interfacial interactions between the CNTs and polypropylene. PP/MWNT composites with different concentrations of MWNTs were prepared by melt compounding using a twin screw extruder. The composites of the filament were then post drawn and heat treated. Tensile tests showed increased strength with the addition of only 0.1 wt% while there were only slight changes in elongation. The thermal properties were also slightly enhanced by the MWNTs.
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