High Performance PA 6/Cellulose Nanocomposites in the Interest of Industrial Scale Melt Processing.

ABSTRACT: On an industrial scale, it is a challenge to achieve cellulose based nanocomposites due to dispersion issues and high process temperatures sensitivity. The current study describes methods to develop mechanically strong and thermally stable polyamide 6 (PA 6) and cellulose nanofibers (CNF) composites capable of tolerating high processing temperatures. With PA 6 being a very technical polymer matrix to be reinforced with CNF, good dispersion can be achieved with a high speed kinetic mixer and also shield the CNF from excess thermal degradation by implementing extremely short processing time. This paper presents an industrially feasible method to produce PA 6/CNF nanocomposites with high CNF composition processed by a high speed kinetic mixer (GELIMAT®) followed by compression molding to obta

SUBMITTER: Sridhara PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8124158 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature