<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> New organic/inorganic hybrid fillers were obtained by mechanical modification of magnesium silicate with selected polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and characterized afterwards. MgO ∙ SiO2 was precipitated in a water system. The effect of chemical modification of magnesium silicate surface on their physicochemical properties was determined. Functionalization was carried out with the use of different amount of (1-(3-hydroxypropyl)dimethylsiloxy- 3,5,7,9,11,13,15-hepta(isobutyl)pentacyclo-[9.5.1.13, 9.15, 15.17, 13]octasiloxane). The polypropylene composites of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 wt.% modified by 10 weight parts by the mass of the filler were also produced. For the obtained polypropylene composites measurements of the tensile strength, Young’s modulus and elongation at break were performed</abstract>

New organic/inorganic hybrid fillers were obtained by mechanical modification of magnesium silicate with selected polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and characterized afterwards. MgO ∙ SiO2 was precipitated in a water system. The effect of chemical modification of magnesium silicate surface on their physicochemical properties was determined. Functionalization was carried out with the use of different amount of (1-(3-hydroxypropyl)dimethylsiloxy- 3,5,7,9,11,13,15-hepta(isobutyl)pentacyclo-[9.5.1.13, 9.15, 15.17, 13]octasiloxane). The polypropylene composites of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 wt.% modified by 10 weight parts by the mass of the filler were also produced. For the obtained polypropylene composites measurements of the tensile strength, Young’s modulus and elongation at break were performed

A novel functional MgO ∙ SiO2/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane hybrids as an active filler of polypropylene

Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, pl. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 2, 60-965 Poznań, Poland

Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organometallic Chemistry, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780, Poland

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

A novel functional MgO ∙ SiO/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane hybrids as an active filler of polypropylene

New organic/inorganic hybrid fillers were obtained by mechanical modification of magnesium silicate with selected polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and...

A novel functional MgO ∙ SiO₂/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane hybrids as an active filler of polypropylene

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2013

Pages: 42 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2013-0066

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