Poly(ethylene Terephthalate)—PET and Poly(ethylene Naphthalate)—PEN

Sorrentino, Luigi; Auria, Marco D'; Amendola, Eugenio

doi:10.1002/9781119363910.ch8

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“…Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the commonly used types which is distinguished by good properties of strength, durability and cheapness as well as availability in the surrounding environment [11,12]. In particular, PET has excellent tensile and impact strength, chemical resistance, clarity, processability, colourability, and reasonable thermal stability [13,14]. Due to these properties, PET has been used in numerous applications including electronic instruments, automobile products, housewares, lighting products, power tools, material handling equipment, and sporting goods [15].…”

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Eco-friendly date-seed nanofillers for polyethylene terephthalate composite reinforcement

Elkhouly

Rushdi

Abdel-Magied

2020

Mater. Res. Express

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Polymer composites have been widely exploited in numerous industries. Micro-particle fillers are typically added as reinforcement materials to improve the characteristics of these composites. In this work, organic nanoparticles of date seeds were added as a filler for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to produce enhanced polymer nanocomposites. A date-seed nanofiller (DSN) was prepared and examined with x-ray diffraction measurements, and then added to PET by hot compression. The characteristics of the PET-DSN composite were experimentally investigated through tests of mass loss, compressive strength, and Vickers micro-hardness. The PET-DSN microstructure was inspected using a scanning electron microscope and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The results show chemical stability of the PET-DSN composite. Moreover, key mechanical properties of the composite, namely hardness, compressive strength and wear resistance, were improved and optimized with a DSN reinforcement of 0.75 wt%.

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