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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Testing of Silicon Rubber/Montmorillonite Nanocomposite for Mechanical and Tribological Performance.

Avinash Shinde, I Siva, Yashwant Munde, Vishal Deore, Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan, Ain Umaira Md Shah, Faizal Mustapha

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Avinash ShindeCenter for Composite Materials, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Anand Nagar 6261286, TN, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5048-837X
I SivaCenter for Composite Materials, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Anand Nagar 6261286, TN, India.
Yashwant MundeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune 411052, MH, India.
Vishal DeoreDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune 411052, MH, India.
Mohamed Thariq Hameed SultanDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400 UPM, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-5110-0242
Ain Umaira Md ShahDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400 UPM, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-6957-4112
Faizal MustaphaDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400 UPM, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Universiti Putra Malaysia · MYKalasalingam Academy of Research and Education · IN

Funding

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia FRGS/1/2019/STG07/UPM/02/2Universiti Putra Malaysia GPB9668200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanocomposite made by blending nano-montmorillonite (MMT) and Silicon Rubber (SR) for mechanical and tribological performance is explored in this work. Different configurations of MMT/SR nanocomposite, with 0, 0.5, 2 and 5 wt % of MMT are manufactured by two roll mixing methods. Noticeable improvement in the mechanical and tribological performance is observed, which is also justified by a morphological study of fractured and wear surfaces through SEM. Two percent of MMT loading is found to be the optimum content that shows excellent performance compared to other compositions. The performance improvement can be linked to the good interfacial interaction between the MMT and SR. Statistical modeling through ANOVA is carried out for tribological performance, which reveals the influence of load on the coefficient of friction (COF) and the influence of sliding distance on the wear rate.

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mechanical propertiesmontmorillonite (MMT)nanocompositessilicon rubbersliding wear

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PMID34835814
PMCPMC8625158
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