Ternary Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile)/Poly(vinyl chloride) Blend Composites with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Enhanced Physical Characteristics
✍ Scribed by Sang-Kyun Lim; Eun-Pyo Hong; You-Hyun Song; Hyoung Jin Choi; In-Joo Chin
- Book ID
- 102940989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 601 KB
- Volume
- 295
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1438-7492
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We report a ternary system of poly(styrene‐co‐acrylonitrile) (SAN), poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), and multi‐walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composites prepared by both a solution blending method and the SOAM. The MWCNT content in the composites was optimized by both TGA and mechanical characterization of binary mixtures of SAN/MWCNT and PVC/MWCNT composites. The dispersion of MWCNTs in the miscible SAN/PVC blends was characterized by FT‐Raman spectroscopy, FE‐SEM, and FE‐TEM. The distribution of MWCNTs in the SAN/PVC blends was examined in terms of their wetting coefficients and minimization of the interfacial energy. Composites prepared using the SOAM method showed superior physical properties to the SAN/PVC blends and SAN/PVC/MWCNT composites prepared using the solution blending method.
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