Experimental investigations on the surface hardness of synthesized polystyrene/zno nanocomposites

Mohammad Azad Alam; H. H. Ya; P. B. Hussain; M. Azeem; S. M. Sapuan; Rehan khan; Tauseef Ahamad

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-5753-8_32

Experimental investigations on the surface hardness of synthesized polystyrene/zno nanocomposites

Mohammad Azad Alam
, H. H. Ya^*
, P. B. Hussain
, M. Azeem
, S. M. Sapuan
, Rehan khan
, Tauseef Ahamad

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The addition of inorganic spherical nanoparticles fillers to polymers matrix enables in the enhancement in the polymer’s mechanical properties as well as the addition of new features in the polymer matrix. In the present study, ZnO/polystyrene composite was synthesized by bulk polymerization route and the hardness of composites was studied. The prepared nanocomposites were injected into a compression mold in a compression-molding machine. The prepared test specimen was subjected to Rockwell hardness tests. Further, to ensure proper morphology of nanocomposites, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were carried out. Results revealed that by increasing nano-ZnO up to 0.3%, there is a remarkable increment approximately 47% in the hardness. Also, an analysis of variance (ANOVA) has been applied to find the optimal input parameter levels and to analyze the effect of these parameters on hardness. The composite produced is envisioned to have applications as the building blocks for the manufacturing of various automotive parts, sensors, transducers, actuators, UV detectors, and optoelectronic devices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Manufacturing Engineering - Selected Articles from ICMMPE 2019
Editors	Seyed Sattar Emamian, Farazila Yusof, Mokhtar Awang
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	345-352
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9789811557521
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5753-8_32
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, ICMMPE 2019 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 19 Nov 2019 → 21 Nov 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4364

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, ICMMPE 2019
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Period	19/11/19 → 21/11/19

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Keywords

Bulk polymerization
Polystyrene
Rockwell hardness
ZnO

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Automotive Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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Alam, M. A., Ya, H. H., Hussain, P. B., Azeem, M., Sapuan, S. M., khan, R., & Ahamad, T. (2020). Experimental investigations on the surface hardness of synthesized polystyrene/zno nanocomposites. In S. S. Emamian, F. Yusof, & M. Awang (Eds.), Advances in Manufacturing Engineering - Selected Articles from ICMMPE 2019 (pp. 345-352). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5753-8_32

Alam, Mohammad Azad ; Ya, H. H. ; Hussain, P. B. et al. / Experimental investigations on the surface hardness of synthesized polystyrene/zno nanocomposites. Advances in Manufacturing Engineering - Selected Articles from ICMMPE 2019. editor / Seyed Sattar Emamian ; Farazila Yusof ; Mokhtar Awang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. pp. 345-352 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Advances in Manufacturing Engineering - Selected Articles from ICMMPE 2019. ed. / Seyed Sattar Emamian; Farazila Yusof; Mokhtar Awang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. p. 345-352 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Experimental investigations on the surface hardness of synthesized polystyrene/zno nanocomposites

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