TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of temperature and strain rate on the deformation behaviour, structure development and properties of biaxially stretched PET-clay nanocomposites
AU - Shen, Yucai
AU - Harkin-Jones, Eileen
AU - Hornsby, Peter
AU - McNally, Tony
AU - Abu-Zurayk, Rund
PY - 2011/3/22
Y1 - 2011/3/22
N2 -
The inclusion of a synthetic fluoromica clay in PET affects its processability via biaxial stretching and stretching temperature (95°C and 102°C) and strain rate (1s
-1
and 2s
-1
) influence the structuring and properties of the stretched material. The inclusion of clay has little effect on the temperature operating window for the PET-clay but it has a major effect on deformation behaviour which will necessitate the use of much higher forming forces during processing. The strain hardening behaviour of both the filled and unfilled materials is well correlated with tensile strength and tensile modulus. Increasing the stretching temperature to reduce stretching forces has a detrimental effect on clay exfoliation, mechanical and O
2
barrier properties. Increasing strain rate has a lesser effect on the strain hardening behaviour of the PET-clay compared with the pure PET and this is attributed to possible adiabatic heating in the PET-clay sample at the higher strain rate. The Halpin-Tsai model is shown to accurately predict the modulus enhancement of the PET-clay materials when a modified particle modulus rather than nominal clay modulus is used.
AB -
The inclusion of a synthetic fluoromica clay in PET affects its processability via biaxial stretching and stretching temperature (95°C and 102°C) and strain rate (1s
-1
and 2s
-1
) influence the structuring and properties of the stretched material. The inclusion of clay has little effect on the temperature operating window for the PET-clay but it has a major effect on deformation behaviour which will necessitate the use of much higher forming forces during processing. The strain hardening behaviour of both the filled and unfilled materials is well correlated with tensile strength and tensile modulus. Increasing the stretching temperature to reduce stretching forces has a detrimental effect on clay exfoliation, mechanical and O
2
barrier properties. Increasing strain rate has a lesser effect on the strain hardening behaviour of the PET-clay compared with the pure PET and this is attributed to possible adiabatic heating in the PET-clay sample at the higher strain rate. The Halpin-Tsai model is shown to accurately predict the modulus enhancement of the PET-clay materials when a modified particle modulus rather than nominal clay modulus is used.
KW - A. Nanoclays
KW - A. Nanocomposites
KW - B. Mechanical properties
KW - D. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.01.024
DO - 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.01.024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79952450494
SN - 0266-3538
VL - 71
SP - 758
EP - 764
JO - Composites Science and Technology
JF - Composites Science and Technology
IS - 5
ER -