Research Article

Electrical, Thermal, and Morphological Properties of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)-Graphite Nanoplatelets Nanocomposites

Table 2

DSC data for PET-GNP nanocomposites.

GNP (wt.%)  (°C)  (°C)

0133.6 ± 0.2253.4 ± 0.4245.9 ± 0.9209.2 ± 0.111.8 ± 1.8
2120.1 ± 0.3253.8 ± 0.5247.1 ± 1.0220.0 ± 0.219.3 ± 0.3
4118.8 ± 0.7251.5 ± 0.4248.3 ± 1.7219.9 ± 0.219.6 ± 2.4
6116.6 ± 0.2251.2 ± 1.0248.8 ± 0.5220.7 ± 0.421.1 ± 1.3
8114.7 ± 0.3251.9 ± 1.4249.2 ± 0.3220.9 ± 0.722.0 ± 1.8
10114.7 ± 1.2251.5 ± 0.4 249.3 ± 0.5 220.7 ± 0.622.4 ± 0.6

Melting temperatures values obtained from the first heating runs. Melting temperatures values obtained from the second heating runs. Degree of crystallinity after quenching process (), where is crystallinity related to melting processes and is crystallinity linked with cold crystallization process.