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Mechanical and structural properties of highly loaded carbon nanotubes/polyamide 6 composites

dc.contributor.advisor Marín-Martín, Carlos
dc.contributor.author Passalacqua-Alvarado, Normarieli
dc.contributor.college College of Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.committee Suárez, O. Marcelo
dc.contributor.committee Padovani, Agnes
dc.contributor.department Department of Materials Science and Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.representative López del Puerto, Carla
dc.date.accessioned 2019-05-15T17:26:09Z
dc.date.available 2019-05-15T17:26:09Z
dc.date.issued 2019-05-08
dc.description.abstract Recently, carbon-fiber composite materials have been attractive to many industries and agencies such as automotive, aerospace, sport equipment manufacturing, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. These materials show improved mechanicals properties and can be lighter than steel and many other alloys. Carbon nanotubes are structures that present unique chemical and mechanical properties, such has a sp2 hybridization and an elastic modulus of about 1 TPa, which make them a suitable prospective to enhance the properties provided by the carbon fibers. Reported studies have showed that carbon nanotubes can be used as fillers in different polymeric matrices such as epoxy, polyether ether ketone, polycarbonate, polyamides, and others. However, obtaining a good dispersion of carbon nanotubes in the matrix is quite challenging, because their electrostatics forces make them to agglomerate. In order to get a better interaction between the carbon nanotubes and the polymer matrix, many researchers have tried to functionalize the carbon nanotubes surfaces. However, functionalization of the carbon nanotube surfaces might end in reduction of their chemical and mechanical properties. In this study, non-functionalized carbon nanotubes/polyamide 6 composites were fabricated using an innovative method where no solvent is needed. Concentrations of carbon nanotubes (40-65 wt%), higher than ever reported were used to create the composites. Temperatures higher than the melting point of the polymer and pressure was required to fabricate the composites. Pressure levels and processing temperature were found to have a strong effect on the final composites’ structure. For this reason, two different temperatures (280-300 oC), and two different pressures (5 and 10 MPa) were studied. Higher polyamide 6 degradation was found for polymer samples processed under air atmosphere at 300 oC, than for the samples processed under nitrogen atmosphere. Larger number of defects was found for the composites processed at 5 MPa of pressure compared to the ones processed applying a pressure of 10 MPa. An improvement in the polyamide 6 mechanical properties, such as the hardness and the elastic modulus, was found for the carbon nanotubes loaded composites. en_US
dc.description.graduationSemester Spring en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2019 en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Transformational Initiative for Graduate Education and Research (TIGER) program (#P031M140035) and Office of Naval Research en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/2274
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States *
dc.rights.holder (c) 2019 Normarieli Passalacqua-Alvarado en_US
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ *
dc.subject Composites en_US
dc.subject Nylon 6 en_US
dc.subject Carbon nanotubes en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Carbon nanotubes -- Mechanical properties en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Polymeric composites en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Composite materials en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Carbon fibers en_US
dc.title Mechanical and structural properties of highly loaded carbon nanotubes/polyamide 6 composites en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline Materials Science and Engineering en_US
thesis.degree.level M.S. en_US
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