Research Article
Microstructural and Mechanical Studies of PVA Doped with ZnO and WO3 Composites Films
Table 2
Variation of degree of crystallinity as a function of different concentrations of the ZnO and WO3 as calculated from the X-ray patterns.
| Sl. no. | Sample | Percentage of crystallinity | Average crystallinity size (nm) | Average intercrystalline separation () |
| 1 | Pure PVA | 56.86 | 2.92 | 5.70 | 2 | PVA/15% WO3 | 46.53 | 24.675 | 4.77 | 3 | PVA/1% ZnO 14% WO3 | 38.72 | 20.726 | 4.70 | 4 | PVA/5% ZnO 10% WO3 | 35.51 | 16.45 | 4.55 | 5 | PVA/7.5% ZnO 7.5% WO3 | 32.81 | 11.048 | 4.65 | 6 | PVA/10% ZnO 5% WO3 | 37.46 | 15.42 | 4.63 | 7 | PVA/14% ZnO 1% WO3 | 48.02 | 14.92 | 4.79 | 8 | PVA/15% ZnO | 45.86 | 30.18 | 5.57 |
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