Title: Polyolefins structure formation effected by addition of industrial natural diamond powders

Authors: Elena Y. Shitz; Vladilina V. Koriakina

Addresses: Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, SB RAS, 1 Oktyabrskaya St., Yakutsk, 677980, Russia ' Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, SB RAS, 1 Oktyabrskaya St., Yakutsk, 677980, Russia

Abstract: Structure investigation of new wear-resistant composite materials based on polyolefins and industrial natural diamond powders are conducted. It is proved by experiments that the structural-phase response of adding the diamond particles with high degrees of fragmentation at perfluorinated and non-fluorinated polyolefins is different. Thus, depending on the qualitative and quantitative composition of the composites and the technological conditions of their production, the polymer forms different structural types - from the band with no apparent supramolecular structures to spherulitic.

Keywords: polytetrafluorethylene; PTFE; ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene; UHMWPE; natural diamond powder; NDP; diamond particles; composites; polyolefins; composite structure; physical modification; spherulites; wear resistance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAT.2015.070562

International Journal of Abrasive Technology, 2015 Vol.7 No.1, pp.14 - 25

Received: 04 Oct 2014
Accepted: 15 Dec 2014

Published online: 10 Jul 2015 *

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