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The characterization of high-density polyethylene/organoclay nanocomposites

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Polymeric nanocomposites, which are hybrids of polymers and modified inorganic clay with organic surfactants, are extremely attractive in both science and industry. These materials present improvements in such polymer properties as modulus, heat capacity, thermal stability, flame resistance, and so on. Research has been conducted in recent decades to obtain high-quality materials that can be used in applications like food packing, car components, and combustible cells. Polymeric nanocomposites present many advantages in relation to composites due to the quantity of filler added to the polymer and also to the improved properties. In a composite, the quantity of filler must be as high as possible (i.e., over 30%). In the polymeric nanocomposite the quantity of filler varies from 1% to 5% because of the nanosize of the particles. These nanoparticles often have a large surface area that results in improved polymer-matrix properties.

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  1. Instituto de Macromoléculas Professora Eloisa Mano, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco J, Ilha do Fundão, P.O. Box 68525, 21945-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Tathiane Cordeiro Rodrigues, Maria Inês Bruno Tavares & Igor Lopes Soares

  2. RioPol, Balneário Jardim Santa Clara, Duque de Ca, Brazil

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Rodrigues, T.C., Tavares, M.I.B., Soares, I.L. et al. The characterization of high-density polyethylene/organoclay nanocomposites. JOM 61, 38–41 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-009-0006-x

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