Clay reinforcement ethylene vinyl acetate

The addition of nanoparticles to synthetic mbber resulting in enhancement in thermal, stiffness and resistance to fracture is one of the most important phenomena in material science technology. Thermal and mechanical properties of clays mul-tiwalled carbon nanotubes reinforced ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) prepared through melt blending showed synergistic effect in properties [86]. Malas et al. reported (SBR/BR)/expanded graphite (EG) and black carbon (CB) nanocomposites by melt blending, this study demonstrated that the presence of EG improvement thermo-mechanical properties and the presence of CB are a factor important to... 

The initial results published indicated that a clay-reinforced carbonaceous char formed during combustion (or pyrolysis) of nanocomposites. This is particularly significant for systems whose base resin normally produces little, or no, char when burned alone (PS, PP-g-MA, PA6, and EVA [poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)]). The char formation in PS clay nanocomposites is easily seen in the images from nitrogen atmosphere gasification shown in Figure 3.2. 

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