Study on Blending of Wall Material of the Nonel Tube by CSW/PE-g-MAH

In order to improve the strength and resistance of ordinary nonel tubes, calcium sulfate whiskers (CSW, treated with silane coupling agent) and maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (PE-g-MAH) are used to control the wall material of the nonel tube that the blending of the low-density polyethylene was enhanced. The effects of mass fraction of CSW or PE-g-MAH on the tensile properties, interfacial structure, melting and crystallization characteristics, and thermal decomposition behavior of the composite system were studied, and the thermal decomposition kinetics were calculated. The results show that, relative to pure LDPE, the strength of LDPE/CSW (85/15) is increased by 7.58%, and the strength of LDPE/CSW/PE-g-MAH (84/15/1) is increased by 7.58%. The addition of CSW or PE-g-MAH has gradually changed the fracture mode of the LDPE matrix. Thermal analysis shows that CSW can reduce the crystallinity of LDPE. The melting and crystallization characteristics of LDPE/CSW/PE-g-MAH composites have little effect, but the thermal decomposition stability is improved. The kinetic analysis showed that the reaction order (n) was around 1, CSW could improve LDPE/CSW thermal decomposition activation energy, and PE-g-MAH increased the thermal decomposition activation energy of LDPE/CSW/PE-g-MAH.

The Thermal Decomposition Behavior of Graphene Oxide/HMX Composites

Graphene oxide (GO) was prepared by Hummers method and GO/1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX) composite was prepared via an ultrasonic compounding method. The structure of GO was characterized using XRD and SEM, the thermal decomposition of HMX and GO/HMX composite was analyzed by DSC/TG test. The results show that interlayer space of GO increases markedly, the thermal decomposition process of HMX can be promoted with the nanolayer structure of GO, resulting the reduced thermal decomposition activation energy of about 50 kJ/mol with 1% GO.

Epoxidized Natural Rubber-Organomodified Montmorillonite Nanohybrids; Interaction and Thermal Decomposition

Nanohybrids, based on a modified natural rubber,Epoxidized Natural Rubber (ENR-50), and organomodified montmorillonite (MMT) containing alkyl ammonium, were prepared by solvent casting technique. Morphology and non-isothermal degradation of ENR-50 and various ENR/MMT nanohybrids were characterized by POM, SEM and TG-DTG. In the hybrid materials,an increase MMT loading in the ENR-50 increased the maximum decomposition temperature (Tmax) of thermal profiles. Kissinger and Ozawa plots deduced a trend of the decomposition activation energy, Ed, which is related to the agglomeration and heat transfer ability of MMT. A mechanism comprising of the degradation of ENR-50 via scission of epoxy-isoprene chains to shorter chains, ring opening reaction and the possible interactions of modified nanoclay and ENR-50 is discussed.

Effect of CMCS on the Thermal Stability of Natural Rubber

Effect of CMCS on the thermal stability of natural rubber(NR) was studied by means of TG-DTG,and the decomposition activation energy(Ea) was calculated through Flynn–Wall–Ozawa (FWO) method in the paper.The results showed that the Ea of NR mixed with CMCS was higher than that of ammonification NR,and the thermal stability of NR improved with increasing the addition level of CMCS.

Studies on Thermal Stability and Rheological Property of PU/PVDF Blend

In this article, the thermal stability of PU/PVDF blend was investigated by thermogravimetry (TG), and their rheological property was studied through testing and analyzing the rheological curves. The results showed that, with the increase in PVDF content, the thermal decomposition temperature of PU/PVDF blend increased, and by fitting relevant data to thermal decomposition dynamic equations, it was found that thermal decomposition activation energy of the blend increased gradually, i.e. the thermal stability of the blend increased gradually. Meantime, based on the curves of shear stress vs. shear rate of the blend at 180°C and 200°C, it was shown that for PU/PVDF blend, with the decrease of temperature and the increase in PVDF content, the non-Newtonian index decreased, while the viscosity of the blend increased.