Composite materials based on polypropylene and CoFe2O4 nanoparticles obtained by polymerization filling
Abstract
Composite materials based on polypropylene and nanoscale cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) have been synthesized for the first time by polymerization filling. The initial nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), with an average nanoparticle size of about 7.5 nm. Composites were also characterized by the TEM method, according to which it was found that the particles in the material are evenly distributed, while some of them agglomerate. The thermophysical properties of composites were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. The data obtained indicate an increase in the thermal stability of PP in the presence of nanoscale CoFe2O4. The magnetic properties of the initial ferrite and composites based on it were also investigated. All the samples obtained can be classified as magnetically soft. The saturation magnetization (Ms) value increases with increasing concentration of cobalt ferrite in polypropylene
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