EFFECT OF NANODIAMONDS ON OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FILLED COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Abstract

The paper presents the results of a study evaluating the effect of the addition of nanosized detonation diamond of the NA-SP brand on the characteristics of a filled polymer composition based on SKU PFL-100 prepolymer manufactured by Kazan Synthetic Rubber Plant JSC cured by 4,4'-methylene-bis-orthochloraniline. The scale of heterogeneity of the carbon powder was estimated. It is shown that the studied additive allows you to create a fairly dense and developed structure in a dispersion medium. The discussion of interfacial interaction at the nanodiamond – polyurethane interface is carried out, as well as the influence of the carbon nature of the filler particles. A possible chemical interaction between the functional groups of the prepolymer, hardener and particles of the studied additives is shown. The results of the experimental evaluation show that the combination of chemistry features (the presence of functional groups) and the mechanics of nanodiamond powder affects both the physical and mechanical properties of the filled polyurethane composition and its thermal stability. It was found that the introduction of up to 1% detonation diamond allows to increase the strength and stiffness of the polymer by approximately 2 times. As a result of the approximation of the experimental data, quadratic dependences of the physical and mechanical characteristics of the filled polyurethane system on the content of nanoscale diamonds in the range 0 - 1% (mass.) were obtained. The results of thermogravimetric analysis show that the introduction of 1% (mass.) detonation diamond powder can increase the temperature of destructive processes by about 20 °С. Anomalies in the dynamics of the process of dissociation of filled polyurethane are noted. It has been suggested that the introduction of detonation diamond leads to the initiation of secondary synthesis reactions with the formation of allophate and biuret groups with low temperature stability.