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Mercedes Fernandez, Arrate Huegun, Maria Eugenia Munoz, Anton Santamaria
Nonlinear oscillatory shear flow as a tool to characterize irradiated polypropylene/MWCNT nanocomposites
Appl. Rheol. 25:4 (2015) 45154 (12 pages)
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The relative intensity and phase of the third harmonic, I3/1 and Φ3-Φ1,
deduced from Fourier Transform analysis of Large
Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS ) experiments were used to differentiate the effect of irradiation and the effect of multiwalled
carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) concentration in PP/MWCNT nanocomposites. Alternatively, studies of elastic and viscous
non linearities that give shear thinning and thickening or strain softening and hardening were carried out for the same
purpose. Using both methods to analyse LAOS data, the conclusion was the same: The influence of MWCNTs is noticed at
low/intermediate γo strains (10 - 100 %), whereas the effect of irradiation is rather observed at strains
above 100 %. This marks a difference with respect to small amplitude oscillatory flow measurements, which are not valid to distinguish
between the respective rheological effects of irradiation and MWCNT in polymer nanocomposites. SEC-MALLS-IR-VI analysis
was used to determine the long chain branching degree λ of irradiated polypropylene, but this technique is very difficult to
be applied for nanocomposites. Face to this shortcoming, an empirical correlation between λ and the value of the
I3/1 plateau
when γo tends to infinite, found for irradiated neat PP, was used to evaluate the long chain branching degree of nanocomposites.
► Cite this publication as follows:
Fernandez M, Huegun A, Munoz ME, Anton S: Nonlinear oscillatory shear flow as a tool to characterize irradiated polypropylene/MWCNT nanocomposites, Appl. Rheol. 25 (2015) 45154.
Goretti Goikoetxeaundia, Mercedes Fernandez, Maria Eugenia Munoz, Anton Santamaria
Rheology applied to investigate roofing membranes: The case of an ecological alternative
Appl. Rheol. 19:6 (2009) 62305 (8 pages)
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The viscoelastic performance indicators of a commercial roofing membrane and an ecological bituminous membrane, which
contains EVA copolymer from disused greenhouses and filler from landfill, are investigated. Rheological methods reveal as a
useful tool to investigate basic and technical aspects of these materials. It is shown that using an extrusion rheometer adapted
to measure the flexibility at low temperatures and measuring the tackiness by means of a plate-plate rheometer, constitute
basic experiments that help to develop new membranes. Under these premises, it is demonstrated that the ecological
membrane is a performing material, whose sole shortcoming is a slightly higher application temperature.
► Cite this publication as follows:
Goikoetxeaundia G, Fernandez M, Munoz ME, Santamaria A: Rheology applied to investigate roofing membranes: The case of an ecological alternative, Appl. Rheol. 19 (2009) 62305.
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