Rheological and Mechanical Characterization of Renewable Resource Based High Molecular Weight PLA Nanocomposites

Table 1

Mechanical properties of PLA and PLA nanocomposites.

Sample	Wt% of nanoclay	Tensile modulus (MPa)	Tensile strength (MPa)	Elongation at break	Impact strength (J/m)
V-PLA	0	3550±50	38 ± 4	2.91	24.7
PLA/C30B	1	3743±60	29.3 ± 4	2.1 ± 1	25.3 ± 4
	3	4011±34	39.8 ± 7	2.4 ± 0.3	32.6 ± 3
	5	4156±56	18.3 ± 4	0.9 ± 0.6	21.2 ± 6
PLA/OMMT	1	3695±69	32.3 ± 6	2.8 ± 1	27.3 ± 4
	3	4157±23	45.1 ± 4	2.3 ± 0.4	37.2 ± 3
	5	4320±92	25.9 ± 6	1.5 ± 0.6	18.3 ± 5