Real-time Particle Size Analysis Using the Focused Beam Reflectance Measurement Probe for In Situ Fabrication of Polyacrylamide–Filler Composite Materials

Real-time particle size analysis, using an engineered focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM), was studied for the fabrication of chemical composite materials, applying various (inorganic/organic/biological) filler powders with polyacrylamide via the in situ polymerization production process at 80 °C for 24 h. The measured diameter dimensions, differential distribution functions and growth during reactive compound manufacturing technology were monitored by determining quantitative chord length, this being the altering scale use of FBRM technique. Materials characterizations such as formulation part-, scanning electron microscopy-, substance elemental- and complex Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy analyses, supported well the successful structural preparation of differing-property constituent compositions. In addition, it was also observed that operations such as granulation, coating and filling, were involved in the design of stronger polymer–reinforcement components. A comparison of the surface area variation of montmorillonite (245 m(2)/g), alumina (236 m(2)/g) and residual biomass (0.8 m(2)/g) with their corresponding formed composites (112, 84 and 0.1 m(2)/g, respectively) revealed that the presence of thermoset plastic matrix results in a drop in interface due to a defined multiple step formation processing. Furthermore, thermal characterization of alumina and the developed nanocomposite materials confirmed, as expected, the interaction of the nanocomposite precursors.