# PREPARATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF POLYETHYLENE/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES AS A FLAME RETARDANT MATERIALS USING ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE

> Title: PREPARATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF POLYETHYLENE/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES AS A FLAME RETARDANT MATERIALS USING ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE Page Range: p.159-166 Author(s): Nour M; Eid A; El-Nagare K; Aziz F A File size: 361K Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers...

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Published: 2010-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: PREPARATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF POLYETHYLENE/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES AS A FLAME RETARDANT MATERIALS USING ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE**
 Page Range: p.159-166
 Author(s): Nour M; Eid A; El-Nagare K; Aziz F A
 File size: 361K
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 18
 Issue No: No.3

**Abstract**
 The preparation by solution blending with sonication of nanocomposites of low density polyethylene with different proportions of montmorillonite clay organically modified with 1,2-dimethyl-3-hexadecylimidazolium bromide, and their characterisation by colour (UV-visible spectroscopy), ultrasonic testing (filler dispersion), TGA (thermal stability), AFM (surface morphology) and cone calorimetry (flammability), is described. The effects of organoclay content on peak heat release rate and flame retardant properties of the nanocomposites are discussed in terms of the formation of a clay-enriched protective char layer during combustion. 22 refs.

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