• Madyira, D. M.
• Tebeta, R. T.
• Ngwangwa, H. M.
• Fattahi, A. M.

Abstract

<jats:p>Developing and designing engineering materials with desirable properties, such as high strength to weight ratio, formability, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility, among many other properties, is crucial, especially in modern engineering and material science industries. This is influenced by the demand for high-performing and more efficient materials in biomedical, aerospace, and automotive engineering, as well as in other engineering sectors where such materials are required. However, it is challenging to attain such materials, and this has raised the attention of numerous research studies in composite and nanocomposite materials. Composite materials are formed as the result of combining two or more distinct materials to yield advanced materials with properties that are entirely different from the original materials. This paper investigates the effects of reinforcing High-Density polyethylene (HDPE) with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT) nanoparticles at weight fractions of 0, 0.5, 1, and 1.5 wt.%. In this paper, only the elastic properties of the HDPE were evaluated at these different weight fractions. The results show that a weight fraction of 1 wt.% of MWCNTs nanoparticles offered the best reinforcement for HDPE/MWCNT nanocomposites among the investigated weight fractions.</jats:p>

Topics

• nanoparticle
• nanocomposite
• density
• impedance spectroscopy
• Carbon
• corrosion
• nanotube
• strength
• biocompatibility