FRICTION AND WEAR OF NANOCOMPOSITES POLYSTYRENE / KAOLINITE

• DOI: Atena

• Palavras-chave: Atena

• Keywords: polymer nanocomposites, kaolinite, wear, friction.

• Abstract:

  The production of polymeric

  nanocomposites materials using natural clays

  the reinforcement Has Been researched

  enough. The improved properties Compared

  to the polymer without reinforcement is the

  great appeal of this kind of materials. The

  kaolinite is a natural clay used as filler in

  polymer nanocomposites. In this article we

  were producing a nanocomposite polymer by

  polymerizing in situ in Polystyrene emulsion

  with 0, 1, and 3% kaolinite. The nanocomposite

  was characterized by XRD and TEM. The

  nanocomposites were characterized using

  friction and wear tests. The results showed that

  the nanocomposite with 3% kaolinite showed

  higher wear resistance and higher coefficient of

  friction.

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