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Volume 13, Issue 3, 2004
PEI/PTFE NANOCOMPOSITES AS A MATRIX FOR GLASS FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITES

Anita Grozdanov¹, Maria Emanuela Errico², Maurizio Avella², Gordana Bogoeva-Gaceva¹,

¹Faculty of Technology and metallurgy, University St.Cyryl and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia²Istituto di Chimica e Tecnologia dei Polimeri (C.N.R.)- c/o Comprensorio Olivetti, Fabbricato 70 Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy

(Received 5/03; accepted 6/03)

Abstract

Nanocomposite based on PEI and PTFE-nanoparticles was obtained by solution blending method, using dichloromethane as a solvent. PEI-PTFE nanocomposite was used as a matrix for glass fibre reinforced composite. The obtained composites were characterized by DSC, TGA, flexural test and DMTA. Using SEM analysis, the homogeneity of distribution of nanoparticles was analysed. The main improvement for fibre reinforced nanocomposite matrix was recorded in their thermal stability and thermal resistance.

Keywords: polymer nanocomposites, thermal properties, polyetherimide

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