Preparation and Characterization of Composite of Polyamide 6/Nickel Ferrite

Abstract

The research in composites attempt to predict the physico-chemical and mechanical a given mixture of materials. In this work, a composite was produced using as the polyamide 6 matrix and how the burden of nickel ferrite was incorporated as powders calcined at 1200°C and concentration of 50 wt.%. This mixture was compacted in a hydraulic press with heating and characterized by XRD, SEM and TG. XRD results showed the characteristic peaks of polyamide 6 and ferrite. SEM results showed a good dispersion of nickel ferrite loading in the matrix, the presence of larger clusters and evenly distributed load for the composite calcined at 1200 ° C. TG curves showed that the addition of loading of calcined nickel ferrite promoted an increase in thermal stability of the composite compared to pure polyamide.