The preparation and characteristic of maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (PE-g-MA) filled CNT/PMMA composite film

Abstract

In order to improve the tribological properties of PMMA, the PMMA composites incorporated with CNT powders were prepared. The effect of CNT content on tribological properties of the composites was investigated. When CNT content is 0.5 wt%, the friction coefficients of the 0.5%CNT/PMMA composite are the smallest, which are about 0.15 and are 67% less than those of the pure PMMA composite, and its wear resistance remains the same as the pure PMMA composite. Incorporating 0.5 wt% CNT into the PMMA composite may develop a continuous transferred film on the worn surface. As a result, the friction coefficients of the composite are reduced and its wear mechanism is mainly fatigue spalling. The addition of PE-g-MA improved the friction and wear properties of CNT/PMMA composite.

Keywords

• PE-g-MA
• CNT
• PMMA
• composite
• friction and wear