%0 Journal Article
%T Polyamide 6 single polymer composites
%J eXPRESS Polymer Letters
%D 2009
%I Budapest University of Technology
%R 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.65
%X Combining the two basic techniques used for the preparation of single polymer composites (SPCs), hot compaction and film stacking, a polyamide 6 (PA 6) single polymer composite was manufactured. The starting materials were PA 6 high tenacity yarn (reinforcement) and PA 6 film prepared via melt quenching (matrix), both expected to be the two principal polymorphic modifications of PA 6 and thus differing in their melting temperatures. The prepared single polymer composite is characterized by a layered structure and shows superior mechanical properties due to the good wetting ¨C tensile modulus is improved by 200% and the ultimate tensile strength ¨C by 300¨C400% as compared to the isotropic matrix film. Improvement of the interfacial adhesion via transreactions promoted by Sb2O3 as a catalyst was also undertaken.
%K Polymer composites
%K Single polymer composites
%K Polyamide 6
%K Mechanical properties
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