Abstract
The effect of processing temperature on the melt flow and thermal behaviour of polyamide 6 (PA6)/organophillic montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposite was investigated. PA6/MMT nanocomposites were prepared by melt extrusion at five different processing temperatures. Neat PA6 was also extruded as a reference. The composites were characterised by melt flow measurement, differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis and X-ray diffraction.
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