Influence of zeolite nanofillers on properties of polymeric materials

Abstract

The present work deals with the preparation and study of modified polymeric materials with the replacement of carbon black by nanofillers on the basis of zeolite that is environmentally friendly. Natural zeolites from a group of aluminosilicate nanoporous materials have wide range of possibilities for applications that are environmentally friendly. Zeolites can be used in the role of fillers into the polymer materials too [1]. The given work deals with the preparation and study of modified polymeric materials with the substitution of carbon black by nanofillers on the basis of monoionic form - Ni(II) zeolite. The prepared monoinic forms – Ni(II) zeolite were characterized by the method of infrared spectroscopy. The vulcanization performance of prepared modified polymeric compounds and physical-mechanical properties of vulcanizates were measured and the efficiency of zeolite filler and carbon black filler was evaluated. The obtained values were compared with the values of commercially used polymer materials with the original composition.