EFFECT OF SILANE-BASED FILLER SURFACE-TREATMENT FORMULATION ON THE INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF IMPACT MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE MAGNESIUM-HYDROXIDE COMPOSITES

Authors
LIAUW CM LEES GC HURST SJ ROTHON RN ALI S
Citation
Cm. Liauw et al., EFFECT OF SILANE-BASED FILLER SURFACE-TREATMENT FORMULATION ON THE INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF IMPACT MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE MAGNESIUM-HYDROXIDE COMPOSITES, Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing, 29(9-10), 1998, pp. 1313-1318
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Materials Sciences, Composites","Engineering, Manufacturing
Journal title
Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing → ACNP
ISSN journal
1359835X
Volume
29
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1313 - 1318
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-835X(1998)29:9-10<1313:EOSFSF>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)(2)) flame retardant filler has been treate d with combinations of vinyltriethoxysilane (VS), dicumyl peroxide (DC P) and trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) and melt blended to V-f = 0.14 and 0.41, (30% w/w and 65% w/w) with an impact modified polypro pylene matrix. The VS/DCP combination afforded the best balance of str ength and toughness at V-f = 0.41. Thr superiority of this system was found to be due to encapsulation of the filler particles by the crossl inked elastomeric phase of the matrix which was confirmed by secant mo dulus measurements and low temperature fractography. The data obtained from this study form the basis of a proposed mechanism for this encap sulation effect. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All right s reserved.