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The aim of the research is to develop fire resistant polymeric nano composites by reinforcing plasma modified calcium silicate in polypropylene. Polypropylene (PP) is considered for this study because of the ease of availability and its superior impact and mechanical properties. As calcium silicate possesses excellent thermal and mechanical stability, it is being considered for this research. A substantial change is found in the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) results of plasma modified filler compared to non-modified filler. Tensile test result shows that there is a gradual enhancement of tensile strength of composites on reinforcing higher ratio of filler. It also indicates that there is a marginal enhancement in case of the tensile strength of composites with modified filler with respect to non-modified fillers. Limited Oxygen Index (LOI) clearly shows that there is a steep increase in the LOI value for composites reinforced with fillers. A marginal difference is also observed between modified filler filled composites and non-modified filled composites. Horizontal Flammability test also shows a significant improvement in the values for composites with modified nano fillers. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) micrographs clearly indicates that there is a uniform dispersion on nano fillers after modification.
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Ajeesh, G., Sanjana, P., Sivani, M.R., Govardhan, S., Sudhin, A., Goerge, P. (2018). Development of Fire Resistant Polymeric Nano Composites Using Plasma Modified Calcium Silicate. In: Antony, K., Davim, J. (eds) Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Science. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76276-0_46
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