| The investigation of Addition of Silica Nanoparticles on Thermal properties of Acrylamide-based Terpolymer Synthesized via In-situ Inverse Emulsion Polymerization |
| Paper ID : 1581-ICNS |
| Authors |
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Saeed Ghaderi1, babak abdi2, Ahmadreza Karimi3, Seyyedarash Haddadi4, Ahmad Ramazani S.A. *5 1Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran 2chemical engineering, Sharif university, Tehran, Iran 3Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran 4School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna V1V 1V7, Canada 5Sharif University of Technology |
| Abstract |
| The effect of addition of silica nanoparticles on thermal properties of acrylamide-styrene-maleic anhydride terpolymer fabricated by in situ inverse micro emulsion polymerization method was investigated. For this purpose, the terpolymer containing 1 wt. % weight percent silica nanoparticles was compared. First, by using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), the formation of terpolymer and the incorporation of silica nanoparticles into the structure of the terpolymer were investigated. Then the morphology and particle size of silica nanoparticles were studied using field emission scanning electron microscopic (FE-SEM). The thermal properties including glass transition temperature (Tg), and thermal stability were tested by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The result showed that the incorporation of silica nanoparticle noticeably enhanced the thermal features of the terpolymer. The Tg of the nanocomposite shifted to higher temperatures and the thermal degradation started at higher temperatures. Such results can be due to the incorporation of nanoparticles on the polymer chains during the terpolymerization. |
| Keywords |
| Nanocomposite, Acrylamide terpolymer, Thermal stability, TGA. |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
