Screw Extrusion as a Scalable Technology for Manufacturing Carbon Nanotube-Filled Polylactide Composites

• Autorzy: Kaczor Daniel , Bajer Krzysztof , Raszkowska-Kaczor Aneta , Domek Grzegorz , Schroeder Paweł

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DOI

10.12913/22998624/185961

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The bottleneck in the widespread use of carbon multiwall nanotube polymer composites is the lack of manufacturing technology that can be used on an industrial scale. In this article, we describe a two-step composite manufacturing technology based on screw extrusion that produces composites characterizing with good dispersion of carbon nanotube filler in polylactide matrix. The first stage involved the fabrication of highly filled masterbatches of 25 wt% of carbon nanotubes. In the second stage, by screw extrusion of the masterbatch mixture with neat polymer, we obtained homogeneous composites with the target filler concentration. The resulting composites with nanotube content ranging from 0.1 to 2 wt%. Mechanical tests including static tension, tensile strength, tensile modulus, three-point bending and impact strength has shown that optimal concentration of the carbon nanotube filler is ranged between 0.5 and 1 wt%. Samples were examined also by SEM, FTIR-ATR, DSC and MFR methods.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

extrusion; polylactide; composite; masterbatch; carbon nanotube

• Wydawca: Lublin University of Technology ; Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE), Branch of PTIE in Lublin
• Czasopismo: Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 18, no 3
• Strony: 99--110
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 60 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kaczor Daniel

• Faculty of Mechatronics, Kazimierz Wielki University, Kopernika 1, 85-074 Bydgoszcz, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0291-2121

autor

Bajer Krzysztof

• Łukasiewicz Research Network—Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes, Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 55, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4719-5760

autor

Raszkowska-Kaczor Aneta

• Łukasiewicz Research Network—Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes, Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 55, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6868-6833

autor

Domek Grzegorz

• Faculty of Mechatronics, Kazimierz Wielki University, Kopernika 1, 85-074 Bydgoszcz, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3566-9110+

autor

Schroeder Paweł

• Faculty of Physics, Kazimierz Wielki University, Powstańców Wielkopolskich 2, 85-090 Bydgoszcz, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4266-4206

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).