Improved mechanical properties of organoclay/nylon 6 nanocomposites prepared via a supercritical carbon dioxide-aided, melt blending method

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Quigley ◽  
Donald G. Baird
2017 ◽  
Vol 883 ◽  
pp. 75-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nireeksha Karode ◽  
Laurence Fitzhenry ◽  
Siobhán Matthews ◽  
Philip Walsh ◽  
Austin Coffey

Medical tubing used in minimally invasive devices presents a number of design considerations depending on the material used, design requirements (such as sufficient stiffness, flexibility and biocompatibility) and processing conditions. Currently, manufacturing industries adopt co-extrusion systems to meet design specifications, by using multilayer configuration leading to higher cost per device and increased complexity. This paper investigates the mechanical performance of nanocomposites using supercritical carbon dioxide assisted polymer processing technique. The use of innovative medical compounds such as PEBAX graphene nanocomposites have resulted in measurable improvements in mechanical properties. This study also presents the effect of supercritical carbon dioxide on the mechanical and physical properties of the polymer matrix. The mechanical properties have been investigated using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and mechanical tensile test, where sufficient reinforcement was observed depending on the composition of graphene within PEBAX matrix. ATR-FTIR was used to further analyze the effect of supercritical carbon dioxide and interactions within the polymer composite matrix.


Fibers ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek Elmaaty ◽  
Eman El-Aziz ◽  
Jaehuyk Ma ◽  
Fathy El-Taweel ◽  
Satoko Okubayashi

2020 ◽  
Vol 976 ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Meng Meng Qiao ◽  
Hai Juan Kong ◽  
Xiao Ma Ding ◽  
Zhi Feng Hu ◽  
Mu Huo Yu

Hot-drawing of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers is an important step in the production of carbon fibers. In this article, we investigated the effect of strain on the crystallization behavior and mechanical properties of PAN fibers treated in supercritical carbon dioxide (Sc-CO2) fluid. We mainly used the methods of X-ray diffraction (XRD), monofilament strength analysis and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) to study the crystallization behavior, mechanical properties and thermal behavior of PAN fibers during hot-drawing process. The experimental results showed that the crystallinity and mechanical properties of PAN fibers both increased a lot under the action of strain during hot-drawing in Sc-CO2 fluid. This provides an important method for preparation of higher performance PAN precursor for PAN-based carbon fibers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 559-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Xiang ◽  
Yalan Jia ◽  
Yajie Lei ◽  
Fengshun Zhang ◽  
Jiangping He ◽  
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Geofluids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Bin Pang ◽  
Er-lei Su ◽  
Quanlin Yang ◽  
Qingquan Liu ◽  
...  

The injection of supercritical carbon dioxide (Sc-CO2) into coal seams remarkably changes the physical-chemical structures of coal mass and thereby improves coal mechanical properties. In this study, a series of unconfined and triaxial compressive strength tests were performed on anthracite coal samples under the pressure of 8 MPa at the temperature of 35°C for 24 h and 48 h, respectively. Besides, experiments with longer Sc-CO2 treatment time were carried out on coal mass without stress constraint to observe the damage mode of coal. The results show that Sc-CO2 treatment obviously alters time-dependent mechanical properties of anthracite coal. The coal samples treated with Sc-CO2 for 240 h and 960 h show different damage modes from limited fractures to a complicated fracture network. The time-dependence of the mechanical weakening model on Sc-CO2-treated coal was proposed to explain the link between CO2 flow and mechanical weakening effect by means of physical-chemical effects on time scales.


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