Research Article
Thermomechanical Assessment of Plastic Deformation in Model Amorphous Polyamide/Clay Nanocomposites
Table 1
Nanocomposite compositions (actual values measured via three independent TGA measurements).
| | Desired composition | Actual composition | Nanocomposite | Inorganic (vol. %) | Clay (wt%) | Inorganic (vol. %) | Clay (wt%) |
| TR90-Cl30B-0.125 | 0.125 | 0.51 | 0.11 0.02 | 0.42 0.07 | TR90-Cl30B-0.25 | 0.25 | 1.01 | 0.23 0.01 | 0.89 0.04 | TR90-Cl30B-0.5 | 0.5 | 2.02 | 0.50 0.02 | 1.93 0.08 | TR90-Cl30B-1 | 1 | 4 | 0.91 0.02 | 3.47 0.07 |
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