TY  - JOUR
AV  - none
ID  - scholars13759
TI  - Experimental investigations on the surface hardness of synthesized polystyrene/zno nanocomposites
SP  - 345
N2  - The addition of inorganic spherical nanoparticles fillers to polymers matrix enables in the enhancement in the polymerâ??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. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2020.
N1  - cited By 1; Conference of 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, ICMMPE 2019 ; Conference Date: 19 November 2019 Through 21 November 2019; Conference Code:244879
PB  - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
SN  - 21954356
Y1  - 2020///
EP  - 352
A1  - Alam, M.A.
A1  - Ya, H.H.
A1  - Hussain, P.B.
A1  - Azeem, M.
A1  - Sapuan, S.M.
A1  - khan, R.
A1  - Ahamad, T.
JF  - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85091272896&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-15-5753-8_32&partnerID=40&md5=0b5b24c0895c727c9e80226f5719982c
ER  -