2016
DOI: 10.1177/0892705715604678
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Degradation process of low molar mass poly(ethylene terephthalate)/organically modified montmorillonite nanocomposites

Abstract: The aim of this work is to investigate the degradation of low molar mass poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT) clay nanocomposites prepared by melt processing. The rheological behavior in combination with transmission electron microscopic images suggests an intercalation and therefore a percolating network. Furthermore, the results indicate that the increase of organoclay content caused a degradation of PET during processing of PET/OMMT nanocomposites, once it was obser… Show more

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“…After 343 min, an exothermic peak appears due to the oxidization of the material. It should be noted that a non‐stabilized polypropylene that shows an average of OIT of 5 min . A comparison between the OIT of the two materials is illustrated in Figure .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…After 343 min, an exothermic peak appears due to the oxidization of the material. It should be noted that a non‐stabilized polypropylene that shows an average of OIT of 5 min . A comparison between the OIT of the two materials is illustrated in Figure .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At these temperatures occur decomposition reactions of alkyl ammonium salts by Hoffmann elimination reaction. As described by Lima and co-workers [25] in a study about MMT incorporated in low molar mass PET, the elimination occurs by the extraction of a hydrogen atom from C-tallow structure of the salt quaternary ammonium. As a result, there is an olefinic and a tertiary amine groups, as described in Fig.…”
Section: Characterization Of Pristine and Modified Mmtmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…The higher increase in the viscosity, even with a low amount of filler, is only possible when particle-polymer interactions dominate and form a secondary network structure. This is named as percolation and is observed in nanocomposites with a high level of phase interactions [38]. The TGA curves of the nanocomposites with (PP:5:5) and without (PP:5) compatibilizing agent are shown in Fig.…”
Section: Effect Of the Compatibilizing Agentmentioning
confidence: 99%