Research Article
Analysis of Gas Permeability Characteristics of Poly(Lactic Acid)/Poly(Butylene Succinate) Nanocomposites
Table 1
Permeability parameters used to validate the Bharadwaj model. Number in the bracket indicates loadings of C30BX.
| Samples | Volume fraction, | Tortuosity factor, | Relative permeability | Sheet length, (nm) | Model | Experimental | Width of the sheet, (nm) |
| PLA/PBS/C30BX (0 wt%) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PLA/PBS/C30BX (1 wt%) | 0.0065 | 1.25 | 0.95 | 0.84 | 79.04 | 6 |
| PLA/PBS/C30BX (3 wt%) | 0.0187 | 1.77 | 0.91 | 0.74 | 82.69 | 10 |
| PLA/PBS/C30BX (5 wt%) | 0.0314 | 3.06 | 0.84 | 0.71 | 131.4 | 14 |
| PLA/PBS/C30BX (7 wt%) | 0.0443 | 3.99 | 0.84 | 0.74 | 135.3 | 21 |
| PLA/PBS/C30BX (10 wt%) | 0.0625 | 5.83 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 154.8 | 33 |
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