Wetting Properties of Barium Sodium Niobate Filled Polystyrene Nanocomposite

摘要

Nano crystalline powders of Barium Sodium Niobate (BNN) with the composition (Ba3 Na4Nb_(10) O_(30)) have been prepared by conventional ceramic technique. XRD and SEM studies revealed that its particle size is in the nanometer range. Composites were prepared by mixing powders of BNN with polystyrene at different volume fractions of the material. Melt mixing technique was carried out in brabender plasticoder at a rotor speed of 60 rpm for composite preparation. Surface energy characteristics of the composites are measured using contact angle measurements of the composites with water and methlene iodide. The solid surface free energy is calculated from harmonic mean equations. The results are quantitatively analyzed with Girifalco-Good empirical model and provide unique insight into its properties. Various wettability parameters such as total solid surface free energy, work of adhesion, interfacial free energy and spreading coefficient are analyzed. The different parameters are calculated from the harmonic mean equation. The work of adhesion and interfacial free energy, spreading coefficient, and Girifalco-Good’s interaction parameter had changed with composition. The surface properties can be controlled for a given polymer-surface pair by controlling the chemical structure, composition etc.