The crucial factor that decides the improvement of properties in rubber by the incorporation nanofiller, is its distribution in the rubber matrix. The normal mixing of non polar rubber and organically modified nanoclay may not lead for the exfoliation of the filler in the rubbery matrix. Hence, some sort of polar rubber like epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) can be used as a compatibilizer, inorder to obtain a better dispersion of the nanoclay in the matrix polymer. Epoxidized natural rubber and organically modified nanoclay composites (EC) were prepared by solution mixing. The nanoclay used in this study is Cloisite 20A. The obtained nanocomposites were incorporated in the oil-extended ethylene propylene diene monomer (OE-EPDM) with sulphur as a curing agent and also in ethylene propylene rubber (EPR) containing dicumyl peroxide curing system. The morphological studies proved the intercalation of nanoclay in ENR and further incorporation of EC in OE-EPDM and EPR matrix leads to exfoliation of the nanoclay. Curing study demonstrated faster scorch time, cure time and increase in maximum torque for the nanoclay incorporated OE-EPDM and EPR compounds compared to their controls. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis showed increase in storage modulus and lesser damping characteristics for the compounds containing nanoclay loading in OE-EPDM and EPR matrices, accompanied by improvements in other technical properties.
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Czynnikiem decydującym o poprawie właściwości gumy przez dodatek nanonapełniacza jest jego zdyspergowanie w ośrodku kauczukowym. Zwykłe mieszanie niepolarnego kauczuku i nanoglinokrzemianu modyfikowanego substancją organiczną może nie doprowadzić do eksfoliacji napełniacza w matrycy kauczukowej. Dlatego, w celu uzyskania jego lepszej dyspersji w kauczuku, można zastosować jako kompatybilizator polarny, epoksydowany kauczuk naturalny (ENR). Kompozyty (EC) epoksydowanego kauczuku naturalnego i organicznie modyfikowanego nanoglinokrzmianu (Cloisite 20A) przygotowywano przez mieszanie w roztworze. Uzyskane nanokompozyty wprowadzano do EPDM modyfikowanego olejem (OE-EPDM), z siarką jako środkiem wulkanizującym oraz do kauczuku elylenowo-propylenowego (EPR) zawierającego zespół wulkanizujący z nadtlenkiem dikumylu. Badania morfologiczne potwierdziły interkalację nanoglinokrzemianu w ENR, a nastepnie jego eksfoliację po wprowadzeniu EC do OE-EPDM lub EPR. W badaniu procesu wulkanizacji stwierdzono szybszą podwulkanizację i krótszy czas wulkanizacji oraz wzrost maksymalnego momentu reometrycznego mieszanek OE-EPDM i EPR zawierających dodatek nanoglinokrzemianu w stosunku do mieszanek kontrolnych. Badania DMTA wykazaly wzrost składowej rzeczywistej modułu zespolonego oraz słabsze właściwości tłumiące mieszanek OE-EPDM i EPR zawierających EC, towarzyszyła temu poprawa innych wlaściwości technicznych.
Nowadays the automotive industry mostly prefers innovative solid-state welding technologies that would enable to welding of lightweight and high-performance materials. In this work, 3105-H18 Aluminium alloy (Al) and pure Copper (Cu) specimens with 0.5 mm thickness have been ultrasonically welded in a dissimilar (Al-Cu) manner. Optimization of process parameters of ultra-sonic welding has been carried out through full factorial method, three levels of variables considered for this experimental studies namely, weld pressure, amplitude, and time, also each variable interaction with welding strength has been studied. Additionally, micro-hardness and microstructure investigation in welded joints has been studied. The result shows that the weld strength greatly influenced weld amplitude at a medium and higher level of weld pressure. The interface micro-hardness of the welded joint has lower compared to the base metal.
This paper presents the influence of cutting parameters (Depth of cut, feed rate, spindle speed and cutting fluid flow rate) on the surface roughness and flank wear of physical vapor deposition (PVD) Cathodic arc evaporation coated TiAlN tungsten carbide cutting tool insert during CNC turning of AISI 1015 mild steel. Analysis of Variance has been applied to determine the critical influence of cutting parameters. Taguchi orthogonal test design has been employed to optimize the process parameters affecting surface roughness and tool wear. Depth of cut was found to be the most dominant factor contributing to high surface roughness (67.5%) of the inserts. However, cutting speed, feed rate and flow rate of cutting fluid showed minimal contribution to surface roughness. On the other hand, cutting speed (45.6%) and flow rate of cutting fluid (23%) were the dominant factors influencing tool wear. The optimum cutting conditions for desired surface roughness constitutes the following parameters such as medium cutting speed, low feed rate, low depth of cut and high cutting fluid flow rate. Minimal tool wear was achieved for the following process parameters such as low cutting speed, low feed rate, medium depth of cut and high cutting fluid flow rate.
In the present work the effect of nitrogen on WC9 alloy at various weight percentages was analyzed and tested for their microstructural and mechanical properties. The nitrogen was added at 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20 and 0.25 wt. % in the solid form as nitrided ferrochrome to WC9 alloy. The samples were heat treated by solution annealing process at a temperature of 1100°C for 5 hours to improve the austenitic formation. Microstructures and mechanical properties such as tensile strength, yield strength, hardness, % elongation and % reduction of WC9-N alloy were examined. It was observed that increasing nitrogen wt. % increases the mechanical properties. The obtained mechanical properties were compared with base WC9 and C12A grade steel, where it was found to be replacement for C12A grade steel at its composition at lower end. The material cost analysis for WC9-N and C12A grade steel was done and both were compared.
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Depletion of fossil fuel based energy sources drive the present scenario towards development of solar based alternative energy. Polycrystalline silicon solar cells are preferred due to low cost and abundant availability. However, the power conversion efficiency of polycrystalline silicon is lesser compared to monocrystalline one. The present study aims at analyzing the effect of calcium titanium oxide (CaTiO3) antireflection (AR) coating on the power conversion of polycrystalline solar cells. CaTiO3 offers unique characteristics, such as non-radioactive and non-magnetic orthorhombic biaxial structure with bulk density of 3.91 g/cm3. CaTiO3 film deposition on the solar cell substrate has been carried out using Radio Frequency (RF) magnetron sputter coating technique under varying time durations (10 min to 45 min). Morphological studies proved the formation of CaTiO3 layer and respective elemental percentages on the coated substrate. Open circuit voltage studies were conducted on bare and coated silicon solar substrates under open and controlled atmospheric conditions. CaTiO3 coated on a solar cell substrate in a deposition time of 30 min showed 8.76 % improvement in the cell voltage compared to the bare solar cell.