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Effect of Nano Silica on Phase Transformation from Form-II to Form–I of Polybutene-1
Published in
2020
Volume: 7
   
Issue: 11
Pages: 830 - 833
Abstract

Polybutene-1 is an unusual polymer having high environment crackresistance,toughness, creepresistance,low glass transition temperature, flexibility etc. making it attractive for pipe and tubing applications. However, itexists in four polymorphic forms and has most peculiar solid-solid transformation taking place over long period of time (over days) which is the major drawback limiting its applications. There have been several efforts made in the pasttoaccelerate the process of crystal transformation from form-II to form-I whichismoststableofallthepolymorphs. Techniquessuch as mechanicalstretching, electron beamirradiation, additionof co-monomer, annealing etc. have been tried in the past [1-5] to obtain the stable form-I of polybutene-1 (PB1). In this paper, we describe the effect of addition of nano silica on the rate of transformation of form-II to form-I ofPB1.

About the journal
JournalInternational Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
ISSN2395-0072
Open AccessYes