Effect of Microwave Irradiation at Different Stages of Manufacturing Unsaturated Polyester Nanocomposite
Andrey Shcherbakov,
Anton Mostovoy,
Amirbek Bekeshev,
Igor Burmistrov,
Sergey Arzamastsev,
Marina Lopukhova
Affiliations
Andrey Shcherbakov
Laboratory of Support and Maintenance of the Educational Process, Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Polytechnichskaya St., 77, 410054 Saratov, Russia
Anton Mostovoy
Laboratory of Modern Methods of Research of Functional Materials and Systems, Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Polytechnichskaya St., 77, 410054 Saratov, Russia
Amirbek Bekeshev
Laboratory of Polymer Composites, K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional State University, Aliya Moldagulova Avenue 34, Aktobe 030000, Kazakhstan
Igor Burmistrov
Engineering Center, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 36 Stremyanny Lane, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Sergey Arzamastsev
Department of Ecology and Technosphere Safety, Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Polytechnichskaya St., 77, 410054 Saratov, Russia
Marina Lopukhova
Department of Economics and Humanitarian Sciences, Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Polytechnichskaya St., 77, 410054 Saratov, Russia
The possibility of using microwave radiation at various stages of obtaining an unsaturated polyester composite modified with carbon nanotubes was studied. The optimal content of MWCNTs in the system was experimentally selected, having the best effect on the strength of the composite. The effect of the microwave field on the properties of a polyester composite during the microwave treatment of an oligomer, a polymerized composite, and MWCNTs before their addition into the oligomer was studied. The processes of the structure formation, the structure of the composite, the effect of the microwave radiation on MWCNTs, and the thermal stability of the resulting composites were considered.
