Research Article
Accelerated Weatherability of the Low-Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites with Silica, Clay, and Zinc Oxide
Table 2
Tensile test results for accelerated weathering in the laboratory of LDPE based nanocomposites.
| | Energy kJ/sq.m measured at 340 nm | Eq. outdoor exposure (months) | LDPE
(%) | LDPE T.S (MPa) | Clay filler
(%) | Clay filler T.S (MPa) | ZnO filler
(%) | ZnO filler T.S (MPa) | SiO2 filler
(%) | SiO2 filler T.S (MPa) |
| | 0 | | 172.12 | 10.21 | 169 | 10.21 | 159.47 | 10.54 | 153.86 | 10.74 | | 1456.2 | 2.05 | 54.01 | 6.37 | 35.51 | 5.83 | 3.38 | 2.04 | 41.00 | 6.11 | | 2087.7 | 2.93 | 46.12 | 6.53 | 16.93 | 3.99 | — | — | 31.97 | 6.01 | | 3037.8 | 4.27 | 34.96 | 6.08 | 6.97 | 1.68 | — | — | 21.03 | 5.21 |
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