Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
To study the morphological properties of graphene based polymer nanocomposite for food packaging
Author(s): Vijay Kumar
Abstract: Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a widely used thermoplastic polymer. The addition of small amounts of nanofillers into a polymer matrix has proven an efficient method of improving the properties of the neat polymer. In the current project PET and PET nanocomposites reinforced with exfoliated graphene layers were prepared by melt compounding. In this project the morphological properties i.e (XRD, SEM, TEM) of PET by adding grapheme were studied. PET/Graphene blend have been prepared by melt blending process using a co-rotating twin-screw micro compounder (X pore 15, Netherlands) attached with a mini injection molder. The processing temperature has been kept as 240, 260 and 270 0C for the three successive zones of the extruder with a screw speed of 40 rpm (acceleration rate: 50 rpm). Injection molding parameters were fixed as mold temperature at 120 0C, melt temperature at 245 0C Injection time as 4 min and injection pressure 10 bar.
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Vijay Kumar. To study the morphological properties of graphene based polymer nanocomposite for food packaging. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):2517-2520.
