The polyamide 6(PA6)/SiO_(2) nanocomposites were prepared by in situ polymerization and the rheological behaviors were investigated.The morphology of resultant materials was characterized by scanning electron microsco...The polyamide 6(PA6)/SiO_(2) nanocomposites were prepared by in situ polymerization and the rheological behaviors were investigated.The morphology of resultant materials was characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and the rheological behaviors were characterized by capillary rheometer.The results showed that the SiO_(2) particle size was around 50 nm and the particles dispersed evenly in PA6 matrix.The nanocomposites were pesudoplastic fluids and the apparent viscosities of nanocomposites increased initially and then decreased with the increase in nano-SiO_(2) content at the same temperature.The non-Newtonian indexes of nanocomposites were smaller than those of pure PA6.With the increase in nano-SiO_(2) content the apparent viscous activation energies of nanocomposites increased initially and then decreased.The rheological behaviors revealed that there were strong interactions between PA6 macromolecule chains and nano-SiO_(2) particles.展开更多
基金This paper is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10672197).
文摘The polyamide 6(PA6)/SiO_(2) nanocomposites were prepared by in situ polymerization and the rheological behaviors were investigated.The morphology of resultant materials was characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and the rheological behaviors were characterized by capillary rheometer.The results showed that the SiO_(2) particle size was around 50 nm and the particles dispersed evenly in PA6 matrix.The nanocomposites were pesudoplastic fluids and the apparent viscosities of nanocomposites increased initially and then decreased with the increase in nano-SiO_(2) content at the same temperature.The non-Newtonian indexes of nanocomposites were smaller than those of pure PA6.With the increase in nano-SiO_(2) content the apparent viscous activation energies of nanocomposites increased initially and then decreased.The rheological behaviors revealed that there were strong interactions between PA6 macromolecule chains and nano-SiO_(2) particles.
