Publication: Dispersion enhancement of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) in nitrile rubber (NBR)
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2013-10-04
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Advanced Materials Research. Vol.747, (2013), 59-62
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Atip Boonbumrung, Pongdhorn Sae-Oui, Chakrit Sirisinha Dispersion enhancement of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) in nitrile rubber (NBR). Advanced Materials Research. Vol.747, (2013), 59-62. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.747.59 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/31739
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Dispersion enhancement of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) in nitrile rubber (NBR)
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Attempts to enhance dispersion degree of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) in nitrile rubber (NBR) matrix, and to improve the NBR-CNT interaction were carried out by different approaches, namely, sonication and chemical treatments of CNTs with nitric acid (HNO3), nitricsulfuric acid mixture (HNO3/H2SO4) and potassium permanganate (KMnO4). Rheological behavior of NBR/CNT composites was monitored as an indication of filler dispersion degree using the Rubber Process Analyzer (RPA2000) via the alteration in Payne effect. Results gained reveal the magnitude of Payne effect in the following order: untreated system> sonicated system> HNO3 system> HNO3/H2SO4 ≈ KMnO4 system, implying a significant improvement in the state-of-mix of NBR/CNT composites by sonication and/or chemical treatment of CNT prior to being mixed with NBR. The SEM results demonstrate the highest magnitude of CNT dispersion in the system with HNO3 followed by the sonicated system ≈ untreated system, HNO3/H2SO4 ≈ KMnO4. The SEM results suggest that the surface treatment of CNT with HNO3 yields highest magnitude of improvement in CNT dispersion. Poor CNT dispersion after treatment with HNO3/H2SO4 or KMnO4 is due probably to the re-agglomeration of CNT during the drying stage after the chemical treatment process. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.