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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 26, 2015
2015 3rd Asia Conference on Mechanical and Materials Engineering (ACMME 2015)
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| Article Number | 01008 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Advanced materials and properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20152601008 | |
| Published online | 12 October 2015 | |
Effect of Graphene Loading on Mechanical and Morphological Properties of Recycled Polypropylene/Polyaniline Nanocomposites
1 Enhanced Polymer Research Group, Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, 81310 Skudai, Malaysia
2 Chemical Eng. Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 1142a, Saudi
a hmrasyidi@gmail.com
b agus@cheme.utm.my
c othman@ksu.edu.sa
The investigation of the graphene (GN) performance in improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene with crosslinkedpolyaniline (rPP-g-PANI) was prepared via ultrasound extrusion. The concentration of GN in the research was varied from 0.5 to 3 phr, while polyaniline (PANI) and dycumil peroxide(DCP) were fixed at 4 wt. % and 1 phr loading, respectively. The morphological structure of the nanocomposites was investigated using fill emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and confirmed a good dispersion of PANI and GN on rPP matrix. The increasing loading of GN has promoted a slight improvement in tensile modulus and tensile strength at 1.5 and 2 phr of GN loadings, respectively. However elongation at break showed a decrease at all PANI loadings due to lack of interfacial addition between PANI/GN particles and the rPP matrix.
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