The formation of cross-linking networks in a fluorinated polymer composite system by electron beam irradiation

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 3159-3170
Author(s):  
Jing Qian ◽  
Chao Fu ◽  
Xuemei Wang ◽  
Weiyan Li ◽  
Huiying Chu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Polymer Composite ◽  
Electron Beam Irradiation ◽  
Composite System ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Beam Irradiation ◽  
Fluorinated Polymer

scholarly journals Study on Wear and Morphological Behavior of Electron Beam Dose Irradiated Polyoxymethylene Copolymer (POM-C)

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Md. Shahinur Rahman ◽  
Heon-Ju Lee ◽  
Jong-Keun Yang ◽  
Konstantin Lyakhov ◽  
Muhammad Athar Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Wear Rate ◽  
Electron Beam Irradiation ◽  
Surface Hardness ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Irradiation Condition ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Beam Irradiation ◽  
Beam Dose

Polyoxymethylene copolymer (POM-C) is the most prominent engineering thermoplastic consisting of repeating carbon-oxygen bonds in the form of oxymethylene groups (OCH2). It is widely used to make small gear wheels, ball bearings, precision parts, automotive and consumer electronics. In this study, the POM-C round blocks were irradiated with 165 KeV electron beam energy in five doses (100, 200, 300, 500 and 700 kGy) in vacuum condition at room temperature. The wear rate, surface hardness and morphological properties of electron beam dose irradiated POM-C blocks surfaces have been analyzed using pin on disk tribometer, optical microscopy, nano-indenter, Raman spectroscopy, 3D nano surface profiler and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The electron beam irradiation transferred the wear phenomena of unirradiated POM-C sample from the abrasive wear (plough and cracks), adhesive wear  (grooving/striation, micropitting) and scraping to mild scraping and striation for the 100 kGy dose irradiated POM-C sample due to cross-linking (macroscopic networks), chemical free radicals formations and partial physical modification (smoothness), which can be concluded from tribometer, optical microscopic, SEM and Raman spectroscopic observations. It also reduced the surface wear rate and average surface roughness with increasing microsurface hardness at threshold value of cross-linking among all unirradiated and others doses irradiated POM-C blocks. The level of tribological (wear and morphology) attribute improvement relies on the electron beam irradiation condition (energy and dose rate) depending on chemical and physical factors of polymeric materials.

NBR-PANI.DBSA BLENDS: EFFECT OF ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION

2013 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Yong
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Electron Beam ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Electron Beam Irradiation ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Density Level ◽  
Beam Irradiation ◽  
Cross Link ◽  
Electrically Conductive ◽  
Good Potential

ABSTRACT The electron beam irradiation technique was successfully used to cross-link poly(butadiene-co-acrylonitrile)-polyaniline dodecylbenzenesulfonate [NBR-PAni.DBSA] blends. Significant increase in cross-linking densities of all blends with doses of irradiation (up to 200 kGy) was observed, and a reasonably high cross-linking density level (in the order of 1030 m−3) also was achieved. All electron beam–irradiated NBR-PAni.DBSA blends exhibited good tensile properties (with tensile strength up to ∼20 MPa), with values that are comparable to those of similar blends cross-linked with either conventional sulfur or peroxide techniques. This kind of irradiation-induced cross-linking technique (at doses up to 200 kGy) also did not interrupt the blends' electrical properties after the blends were sufficiently stabilized for at least 24 h. The irradiated NBR-PAni.DBSA blends also possessed good electrical properties, that is, a single conductivity percolation threshold and high conductivities up to the order of 10−2 S.cm−1. All of these findings indicate a good potential for using the electron beam irradiation technique to prepare highly cross-linked, electrically conductive NBR-PAni.DBSA blends.

A study of roles of different valence of copper oxide interaction with electron beam irradiation in polyethylene composite

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 915-937
Author(s):  
Soo-Tueen Bee ◽  
Lee Tin Sin ◽  
CT Ratnam ◽  
Gin-Khuan Chua ◽  
AR Rahmat
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Electron Beam ◽  
Crystallite Size ◽  
Electron Beam Irradiation ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Beam Irradiation ◽  
Polyethylene Composite ◽  
Loading Level ◽  
Irradiation Dosage ◽  
Ldpe Composites

The aim of this research was to investigate the interaction of electron beam irradiation on the different valence of copper (I) and copper (II) oxides (Cu2O and CuO) added low-density polyethylene (LDPE) composites. The results showed the increasing of Cu2O loading level in replacing the CuO has significantly reduced the gel content (or degree of cross-linking networks) in LDPE matrix. This is due to the poorer effect of Cu2O in inducing the polymeric free radicals. Meanwhile, the application of low irradiation dosage (≤100 kGy) has significantly increased the crystallite size for crystallite peak (110) of all LDPE composites. However, further increment in irradiation dosages from 100 to 300 kGy has gradually reduced the crystallite size of deflection peak (110). The tensile strength of all LDPE composites was gradually decreased with increasing of Cu2O loading level due to agglomeration of Cu2O and CuO particles in LDPE matrix. In addition, the increasing of irradiation dosages on all Cu2O /CuO added LDPE composites has gradually increased the tensile strength by inducing the formation of the cross-linking networks in LDPE matrix. Nevertheless, the increasing of irradiation dosage has gradually decreased the elongation at break of all Cu2O /CuO added LDPE composites. This is due to the higher degree of cross-linking networks in LDPE matrix could restrict the mobility of LDPE macromolecular chains when subjected to straining stress.

scholarly journals Superior Interaction of Electron Beam Irradiation with Carbon Nanotubes Added Polyvinyl Alcohol Composite System

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 4334
Author(s):  
Soo-Tueen Bee ◽  
Nicole Ooi Ker Qi ◽  
Lee Tin Sin ◽  
Hon-Meng Ng ◽  
Jun-Ven Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Electron Beam ◽  
Polyvinyl Alcohol ◽  
Young’S Modulus ◽  
Electron Beam Irradiation ◽  
Composite System ◽  
Young's Modulus ◽  
Beam Irradiation ◽  
Crosslinked Networks ◽  
Adhesion Effect

This work was conducted to investigate the effect of carbon nanotube (CNT) on the mechanical-physico properties of the electron beam irradiated polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) blends. The increasing of CNT amount up to 1.5 part per hundred resin (phr) has gradually improved tensile strength and Young’s modulus of PVOH/CNT nanocomposites due to effective interlocking effect of CNT particles in PVOH matrix, as evident in SEM observation. However, further increments of CNT, amounting up to 2 phr, has significantly decreased the tensile strength and Young’s modulus of PVOH/CNT nanocomposits due to the CNT agglomeration at higher loading level. Irradiation was found to effectively improve the tensile strength of PVOH/CNT nanocomposites by inducing the interfacial adhesion effect between CNT particles and PVOH matrix. This was further verified by the decrement values of d-spacing of the deflection peak. The increasing of CNT amounts from 0.5 phr to 1 phr has marginally induced the wavenumber of O–H stretching, which indicates the weakening of hydrogen bonding in PVOH matrix. However, further increase in CNT amounts up to 2 phr was observed to reduce the wavenumber of O–H stretching due to poor interaction effect between CNT and PVOH matrix. Electron beam irradiation was found to induce the melting temperature of all PVOH/CNT nanocomposite by inducing the crosslinked networks.

EFFECT OF ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION ON THE STRUCTURE–PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP OF ETHYLENE OCTENE COPOLYMER AND POLYDIMETHYL SILOXANE RUBBER BLENDS

2016 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Padmanabhan Ramachandran ◽  
Kinsuk Naskar ◽  
Golok B. Nando
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Electron Beam Irradiation ◽  
Physicomechanical Properties ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Beam Irradiation ◽  
Polydimethyl Siloxane ◽  
Structure Property Relationship ◽  
Ethylene Octene Copolymer ◽  
Relationship Of

ABSTRACT The effects of electron beam irradiation on the structure–property relationship of blends can be studied based on ethylene octene copolymer (EOC) and polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) rubber at three different blend ratios prepared with a melt mixing technique. Irradiation with 2.5 MeV electron beam accelerating energy, over a radiation dose varying from 25 to 150 kGy, causes cross-linking in both the EOC and the PDMS phases. However, cross-linking of the EOC phase without affecting the crystallinity of the EOC polymer leads to tremendous improvement in the physicomechanical properties, including the tensile strength, which improves by nearly 35% for 70:30 EOC:PDMS blends. Morphology of the blends before and after irradiation can be analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy and correlated with the physicomechanical properties. The physicomechanical properties of the individual polymer components after irradiation show that radiation cross-linking is more effective for PDMS rubber than it is for EOC. However, at higher radiation doses, chain scissions are possible in both EOC and PDMS rubber, which affect the physicomechanical properties. Through blending and subsequent radiation cross-linking, the maximum degradation temperature of EOC can be increased from 488.6 to 512.8 °C.

Effect of electron beam irradiation on the properties of EVA/EPDM blends

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-172
Author(s):  
Haoyang Chen ◽  
Xiaoyi Zhu ◽  
Kangyu Liu ◽  
Han Wu ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Electron Beam Irradiation ◽  
Deformation Property ◽  
Thermal Analyses ◽  
Ethylene Vinyl Acetate ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Beam Irradiation ◽  
Negative Role ◽  
Enhanced Properties ◽  
Heat Deformation

Effect of electron beam (EB) irradiation on the properties of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)/ethylene–propylene–diene monomer (EPDM) (50/50) blends was studied. The blends were firstly melt-compounded at 130°C followed with being irradiated using 4.0 MeV EB energy at doses ranging from 0 kGy to 200 kGy. It is found that the dosage of irradiation plays a key role in the properties of the blends. With the increasing dosage of irradiation, tensile strength and thermal stability were enhanced. The irradiation exerts a cross-linking effect on the blends, and the increase in density is responsible for the enhanced properties. Dynamic mechanical and thermal analyses and morphology indicate that irradiation does not play any negative role in the compatibility between EVA and EPDM. Hot set test reveals that irradiation could improve the heat deformation property of blends. Thus, it is reasonable and interesting to modify EVA/EPDM blends using EB irradiation to further increase its properties.

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