TY - GEN
T1 - POLYETHYLENE/GRAPHENE/CARBON FIBER WASTE HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES
AU - Albreiki, Fahed
AU - Abuibaid, Ahmed
AU - Abuoudah, Carmen
AU - Iqbal, Muhammad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Society of Plastics Engineers. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - With growing applications of polymer nanocomposites, the need to manufacture cost-effective nanocomposites is increasing. In this work, we report economical nanocomposites from polyethylene (PE) using graphene (GnP) and carbon fiber (CF) waste. The nanocomposites were prepared by simultaneously mixing PE, GnP and CF in a melt blender where CF appeared to be randomly dispersed along with GnP in PE matrix. A delayed crystallization was observed when nanocomposites were crystallized from the melts non-isothermally. The crystallization data was well explained using Avrami model. Moreover, the hybrid filler (CF and GnP together) showed better mechanical performance with increasing CF/GnP ratio.
AB - With growing applications of polymer nanocomposites, the need to manufacture cost-effective nanocomposites is increasing. In this work, we report economical nanocomposites from polyethylene (PE) using graphene (GnP) and carbon fiber (CF) waste. The nanocomposites were prepared by simultaneously mixing PE, GnP and CF in a melt blender where CF appeared to be randomly dispersed along with GnP in PE matrix. A delayed crystallization was observed when nanocomposites were crystallized from the melts non-isothermally. The crystallization data was well explained using Avrami model. Moreover, the hybrid filler (CF and GnP together) showed better mechanical performance with increasing CF/GnP ratio.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124576247&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85124576247&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85124576247
T3 - Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings
SP - 492
EP - 496
BT - SPE ANTEC 2020
PB - Society of Plastics Engineers
T2 - SPE ANTEC 2020: Annual Technical Conference for Plastic Professionals
Y2 - 30 March 2020 through 5 May 2020
ER -