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.

	Organo-MMT	PS/organo-MMT nanocomposites at different sonication time
		0.5 h		1 h		1.5 h		2 h
2𝜃^∘	d-spacing Å	2𝜃^∘	d-spacing Å	2𝜃^∘	d-spacing Å	2𝜃^∘	d-spacing Å	2𝜃^∘	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