Accelerated photo-oxidation of Polyamide 11 nanocomposites under various clays nanofillers

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Dehouche, Nadjet
Kaci, Mustapha
Focke, Walter Wilhelm
Van der Merwe, Liezel

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Wiley

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The effect of various clays nanofillers on the photo-oxidation of polyamide 11 (PA11) has been investigated by accelerated ultraviolet (UV) test up to 780 h. Organo-modified montmorillonite, halloysite nanotubes, and sepiolite were selected and incorporated separately to PA11 at 5 wt.%. The samples were prepared by melt compounding. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) data showed a linear increase of carbonyl index (CI) in the first 360 h of exposure indicating a rapid oxidation of all samples without any induction period. Further, the nanocomposite samples exhibit faster oxidation kinetics than PA11, being however less pronounced for PA11/sepiolite. This is consistent with both the yellowing index (YI) evolution determined by UV–Vis spectroscopy and also the onset oxidation temperature (OOT) determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

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Clays, Nanocomposites, Photo-oxidation, Polyamide 11 (PA11), Ultraviolet (UV), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Onset oxidation temperature (OOT), Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

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Dehouche, N., Kaci, M., Focke, W.W. & Van der Merwe, L. 2022, 'Accelerated photo-oxidation of Polyamide 11 nanocomposites under various clays nanofillers', Macromolecular Symposia, vol. 404, no. 1, art. 2100352, pp. 1-3, doi : 10.1002/masy.202100352.