Research Article
Polystyrene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: Study of the Morphology and Effects of Sonication Time on Thermal Stability
Table 7
The XRD data of organo-MMT and PS/MMT nanocomposite spectra.
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Organo-MMT | PS/organo-MMT nanocomposites at different sonication time | | 0.5 h | 1 h | 1.5 h | 2 h | 2 | d-spacing Å | 2 | d-spacing Å | 2 | d-spacing Å | 2 | d-spacing Å | 2 | d-spacing Å |
| — | — | 3.4 | 25.96 | 3.4 | 25.96 | 3.6 | 25.53 | 3.4 | 25.96 | 4.5 | 19.6 | 4.7 | 18.785 | 4.8 | 18.39 | 4.5 | 18.019 | 4.7 | 18.786 | 6.8 | 12.988 | 6.8 | 12.988 | 7.2 | 12.267 | 7.4 | 11.936 | 7.4 | 11.936 | 9 | 9.818 | 9.1 | 9.7099 | 8.8 | 10.04 | — | — | 7.8 | 11.3251 |
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