PMID- 32726965
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231112
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 15
DP  - 2020 Jul 27
TI  - Pseudo-Ductility, Morphology and Fractography Resulting from the Synergistic 
      Effect of CaCO(3) and Bentonite in HDPE Polymer Nano Composite.
LID - 10.3390/ma13153333 [doi]
LID - 3333
AB  - Polymeric materials such as High density polyethylene(HDPE) are ductile in 
      nature, having very low strength. In order to improve strength by non-treated 
      rigid fillers, polymeric materials become extremely brittle. Therefore, this work 
      focuses on achieving pseudo-ductility (high strength and ductility) by using a 
      combination of rigid filler particles (CaCO(3) and bentonite) instead of a single 
      non-treated rigid filler particle. The results of all tensile-tested (D638 type 
      i) samples signify that the microstructural features and surface properties of 
      rigid nano fillers can render the required pseudo-ductility. The maximum value of 
      tensile strength achieved is 120% of the virgin HDPE, and the value of elongation 
      is retained by 100%. Furthermore, the morphological and fractographic analysis 
      revealed that surfactants are not always going to obtain polymer-filler bonding, 
      but the synergistic effect of filler particles can carry out sufficient bonding 
      for stress transfer. Moreover, pseudo-ductility was achieved by a combination of 
      rigid fillers (bentonite and CaCO(3)) when the content of bentonite dominated as 
      compared to CaCO(3). Thus, the achievement of pseudo-ductility by the synergistic 
      effect of rigid particles is the significance of this study. Secondly, this 
      combination of filler particles acted as an alternative for the application of 
      surfactant and compatibilizer so that adverse effect on mechanical properties can 
      be avoided.
FAU - Ahmed, Tauseef
AU  - Ahmed T
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6959-3957
AD  - Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Seri Iskandar, 
      Perak 32610, Malaysia.
FAU - Ya, Hamdan H
AU  - Ya HH
AD  - Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Seri Iskandar, 
      Perak 32610, Malaysia.
FAU - Khan, Rehan
AU  - Khan R
AD  - Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Seri Iskandar, 
      Perak 32610, Malaysia.
FAU - Hidayat Syah Lubis, Abdul Munir
AU  - Hidayat Syah Lubis AM
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia, 
      Melaka 76100, Malaysia.
FAU - Mahadzir, Shuhaimi
AU  - Mahadzir S
AD  - Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Seri Iskandar, 
      Perak 32610, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
GR  - YUTP-FRG 0153AA-H19/Universiti Teknologi Petronas/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200727
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC7435876
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - fractography
OT  - hybrid nano composite
OT  - pseudo-ductility
OT  - toughness
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/07/31 06:00
MHDA- 2020/07/31 06:01
PMCR- 2020/07/27
CRDT- 2020/07/31 06:00
PHST- 2020/04/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/05/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/05/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/07/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/07/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/07/31 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/07/27 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma13153333 [pii]
AID - materials-13-03333 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma13153333 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2020 Jul 27;13(15):3333. doi: 10.3390/ma13153333.