INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF PROCESSING ROUTE AND CONDITIONS ON THE SYNTHESIS OF POLYMER/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES BY MELT BLENDING

摘要

The effects of processing route on the dispersion of an organically modified clay in low density polyethylene have been investigated as a case study. The parameters for mastcrbatch production and dilution together with the influence of several processing set-ups and parameters variations have been evaluated in order to assess their effects on nanocomposite structure and to investigate the processing-structure-propertics relationships occurring for these systems, operating with nano and macroscale characterization techniques.