Beta
90903

Polyvinyl chloride/halloysite nanocomposites: Mechanical properties and thermal stability studies

Article

Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is an important commercial thermoplastic that is widely used in industry owing to its good balance of properties and low cost. However, the range of applications of PVC is limited by its brittleness, low thermal stability, and poor processability. These shortcomings can be overcome by incorporating nanoparticles into the polymer to obtain a nanocomposite with improved mechanical and thermal properties. For example, organic montmorillonite (MMT), calcium carbonate nanoparticles, and multi-walled carbon nanotubes can all be used to improve properties of PVC such as toughness and processing stability. In this project, we tried to improve the properties of plasticized PVC by incorporating halloysite nanotubes (HNT) powder through a batch mixing process. The composites were prepared by varying the weight percentage of the filler up to 6%. The prepared samples were used for testing in appropriate shapes such as mechanical and thermal properties. The composites showed appreciable improvement in the mechanical and thermal properties which can be correlated to the interaction between the filler and the matrix. Based on the properties we chose 4 wt% as the optimum loading. The composites showed exemplary thermal stability time against Congo Red method. The composites can be utilized for devices in extreme conditions where volatile organic components especially chlorine is released.

DOI

10.21608/iugrc.2017.90903

Authors

First Name

Abed

Last Name

Alhazmi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Abdulrahman

Last Name

Al-Johani

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Yasser

Last Name

Alhaidari

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Saeed

Last Name

Alsehli

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Khaled

Last Name

Al-Zanbaqi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Majed

Last Name

Alghamdi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Selvin

Last Name

Thomas

MiddleName

P.

Affiliation

Head of Laboratory unit, Yanbu Research Center, Colleges & Institutes Division - Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Aravinthan

Last Name

Gopanna

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Research Engineer cum Lecturer, Yanbu Research Center Colleges & Institutes Division - Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

2

Article Issue

Second International Undergraduate Research Conference, IUGRC

Related Issue

13627

Issue Date

2017-07-01

Receive Date

2020-05-20

Publish Date

2017-07-01

Page Start

114

Page End

114

Link

https://iugrc.journals.ekb.eg/article_90903.html

Detail API

https://iugrc.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=90903

Order

53

Type

Original Article

Type Code

762

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The International Undergraduate Research Conference

Publication Link

https://iugrc.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Polyvinyl chloride/halloysite nanocomposites: Mechanical properties and thermal stability studies

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023