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Effects of MWCNTs on Char Layer Structure and Physicochemical Reaction in Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Insulators
As one of the most promising ablative fillers, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been used to improve the ablative resistance of Ethylene–Propylene–Diene Monomer (EPDM) insulators by facilitating the carbothermal reduction reaction of silica. However, the contribution of MWCNTs to char lay...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35893979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14153016 |
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author | Chen, Zhiheng Han, Shida Ji, Yuan Wu, Hong Guo, Shaoyun Yan, Ning Li, Hongyan |
author_facet | Chen, Zhiheng Han, Shida Ji, Yuan Wu, Hong Guo, Shaoyun Yan, Ning Li, Hongyan |
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description | As one of the most promising ablative fillers, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been used to improve the ablative resistance of Ethylene–Propylene–Diene Monomer (EPDM) insulators by facilitating the carbothermal reduction reaction of silica. However, the contribution of MWCNTs to char layer structure of the insulators was unclear. In this work, the effects of MWCNTs on char layer structure and ablative resistance were investigated in different EPDM-based insulators with and without silica. The results showed that adding only 3 phr MWCNTs can reduce the linear ablation rate of EPDM-based insulators without silica by 31.7%, while 6 phr MWCNTs are required to obtain similar results in EPDM-based insulators with silica. The char layer morphology of the two insulators gradually evolved into a dense porous structure as MWCNTs content increased, but their formation mechanisms were different. The XRD and Raman spectrum showed that different physicochemical reactions occurred around MWCNTs under different charring components. The proposed ablation mechanism was further verified by designing alternating multilayer distribution of MWCNTs and silica. This work can guide the construction of desirable char layer structure for increasing the ablative resistance of EPDM-based insulators. |
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spelling | pubmed-93302002022-07-29 Effects of MWCNTs on Char Layer Structure and Physicochemical Reaction in Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Insulators Chen, Zhiheng Han, Shida Ji, Yuan Wu, Hong Guo, Shaoyun Yan, Ning Li, Hongyan Polymers (Basel) Article As one of the most promising ablative fillers, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been used to improve the ablative resistance of Ethylene–Propylene–Diene Monomer (EPDM) insulators by facilitating the carbothermal reduction reaction of silica. However, the contribution of MWCNTs to char layer structure of the insulators was unclear. In this work, the effects of MWCNTs on char layer structure and ablative resistance were investigated in different EPDM-based insulators with and without silica. The results showed that adding only 3 phr MWCNTs can reduce the linear ablation rate of EPDM-based insulators without silica by 31.7%, while 6 phr MWCNTs are required to obtain similar results in EPDM-based insulators with silica. The char layer morphology of the two insulators gradually evolved into a dense porous structure as MWCNTs content increased, but their formation mechanisms were different. The XRD and Raman spectrum showed that different physicochemical reactions occurred around MWCNTs under different charring components. The proposed ablation mechanism was further verified by designing alternating multilayer distribution of MWCNTs and silica. This work can guide the construction of desirable char layer structure for increasing the ablative resistance of EPDM-based insulators. MDPI 2022-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9330200/ /pubmed/35893979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14153016 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chen, Zhiheng Han, Shida Ji, Yuan Wu, Hong Guo, Shaoyun Yan, Ning Li, Hongyan Effects of MWCNTs on Char Layer Structure and Physicochemical Reaction in Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Insulators |
title | Effects of MWCNTs on Char Layer Structure and Physicochemical Reaction in Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Insulators |
title_full | Effects of MWCNTs on Char Layer Structure and Physicochemical Reaction in Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Insulators |
title_fullStr | Effects of MWCNTs on Char Layer Structure and Physicochemical Reaction in Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Insulators |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of MWCNTs on Char Layer Structure and Physicochemical Reaction in Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Insulators |
title_short | Effects of MWCNTs on Char Layer Structure and Physicochemical Reaction in Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Insulators |
title_sort | effects of mwcnts on char layer structure and physicochemical reaction in ethylene propylene diene monomer insulators |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35893979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14153016 |
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