Thermal Properties of Nano Tungsten - Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Composites

Sobhy, M.; Saleh, Ahmed; Eid, Alaa I; Khairaldien, W. M.

doi:10.1088/1757-899X/975/1/012003

Thermal Properties of Nano Tungsten - Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Composites

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Science and Technology Center of Excellence (STCE), El- Salam City, Cairo, Egypt.

² Center of Metallurgy Research and Development Institute.

³ Asiut University, Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department.

10.1088/1757-899X/975/1/012003

Abstract

Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) with different percentage of nano tungsten powder (0wt%, 30wt %, 45wt %, 60wt%, and 70wt %) composites (EVA/W nano-composites) were prepared by melt blending in a twin-screw brabender. The structural, morphological, thermal and mechanical properties of the prepared nano-composites were investigated using powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA). It was found that the EVA composites show a higher thermal stability at high levels of tungsten loading.

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