ZINC-CONTAINING NANOCOMPOSITES ON THE BASIS OF HIGH PRESSURE POLYETHYLENE

The effect of nanofiller additives containing nanoparticles of zinc oxide stabilized by a polymer matrix of maleinated polyethylene, obtained by a mechanochemical method, on the properties of composites based on high-pressure polyethylene was studied by X-ray phase and thermographic analyzes. The improvement of the strength, deformation and rheological parameters, as well as the thermo-oxidative stability of the obtained nanocomposites was revealed, which is apparently due to the synergistic effect of the interaction of zinc-containing nanoparticles with maleic maleinated polyethylene groups. It is shown that polyethylene based nanocomposites can be processed both by pressing and by injection molding and extrusion, which expands its application field