Property examples for polyamide nanocomposites processed by various methods

Practically all the polymers can be processed to make nanocomposites. This emerging technology is developing in polyamide andTPO nanocomposites with applications in the automotive industry, and there are experiments with saturated polyesters, acrylics, polystyrenes... 

The nanosilicates, because of their high aspect ratio, high surface area and nanometric scale, are reinforcing at low incorporation levels. 

For an industrial example (see Table 3.8), the reinforcement ratios obtained with a loading of nanosilicate as low as 2% are attractive. The reinforcement ratio is the ratio of the nanocomposite performance versus that of the neat polymer. 

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Table 3.7 displays property examples for polyamide nanocomposites processed by various methods. 

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