Thermal Stability and Flame Retardancy of Poly(methyl methacrylate)-Clay Nanocomposites
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2002
Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Abstract
Three ammonium salts, hexadecylallyldimethyl ammonium chloride (Allyl16), hexadecylvinylbenzyldimethyl ammonium chloride (VB16) and hexadecylvinylbenzyldimethyl ammonium chloride (Bz16) were synthesized and ion exchanged onto montmorillonite. Poly(methyl methacrylate)-clay nanocomposites of all three clays were prepared by bulk polymerization and the resulting nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The clays which contain a pendant double bond are more likely to give an exfoliated material while that which contains no double bond is intercalated. The thermal stability and flame retardancy were measured by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Cone Calorimetry respectively. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Publication Title
Polymer Degradation and Stability
Volume
77
Issue
2
First Page
253
Last Page
258
Recommended Citation
Zhu, J.,
Start, P.,
Mauritz, K. A.,
Wilkie, C. A.
(2002). Thermal Stability and Flame Retardancy of Poly(methyl methacrylate)-Clay Nanocomposites. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 77(2), 253-258.
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