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Nylon 6–Clay Hybrid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Akane Okada ,
Masaya Kawasumi ,
Arimitsu Usuki ,
Yoshitsugu Kojima ,
Toshio Kurauchi  and
Osami Kamigaito
Akane Okada
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-11, Japan
Masaya Kawasumi
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-11, Japan
Arimitsu Usuki
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-11, Japan
Yoshitsugu Kojima
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-11, Japan
Toshio Kurauchi
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-11, Japan
Osami Kamigaito
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-11, Japan
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Abstract

ζ-Caprolactam was polymerized in the interlayer spacing of montmorillonite, a clay mineral, yielding a nylon 6-clay hybrid (NCH) 1).

X-ray and TEM measurements revealed that each template of the silicate, which is 10 Å thick, was dispersed in the nylon 6 matrix and that the repeat unit increased from 12 Å in unintercalated material to 21 Å in the intercalated material.

Thus NCH, is a “polymer based molecular composite” or “nanometer composite”. NCH, when injection-molded, shows excellent properties as compared to nylon 6 in terms of tensile strength, tensile modulus and heat resistance. Heat distortion temperature increased from 65 °c for nylon 6 to 152 °c for NCH, containing 4 wt% (1.6 vol%) of clay mineral.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 171: Symposium O – Polymer Based Molecular Composites , 1989 , 45
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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