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creators_name: Alam, M.A.
creators_name: Ya, H.H.
creators_name: Hussain, P.B.
creators_name: Azeem, M.
creators_name: Sapuan, S.M.
creators_name: khan, R.
creators_name: Ahamad, T.
title: Experimental investigations on the surface hardness of synthesized polystyrene/zno nanocomposites
ispublished: pub
note: 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
abstract: The addition of inorganic spherical nanoparticles fillers to polymers matrix enables in the enhancement in the polymer�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.
date: 2020
publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
official_url: 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
id_number: 10.1007/978-981-15-5753-8₃₂
full_text_status: none
publication: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
pagerange: 345-352
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 9789811557521
issn: 21954356
citation:   Alam, M.A. and Ya, H.H. and Hussain, P.B. and Azeem, M. and Sapuan, S.M. and khan, R. and Ahamad, T.  (2020) Experimental investigations on the surface hardness of synthesized polystyrene/zno nanocomposites.  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.  pp. 345-352.  ISSN 21954356