Identifying of the mechanism formation of a natural nanocomposite in polymer composite materials

Abstract

The object of the study is the sealing elements of the packer. The fundamental principle of the cluster model is the assumption that the sum of the relative volume fractions of two structural elements of a natural nanocomposite (loosely packed matrix and nanoclusters) is equal to one – This approach is incorrect because it is violated when the nanoclusters are immersed in a loosely packed matrix. In this regard, a new relationship is proposed that relates the relative volume fractions of the loosely packed matrix and the part of nanoclusters immersed in it – Calculation formulas are obtained for the relative fractions of the loosely packed matrix and the interphase region. The paper shows that such an assumption is unfounded due to the indispensable immersion of clusters in a loosely packed matrix, and in this regard, a new relationship is proposed linking the relative volume fractions of the loosely packed matrix and the part of nanoclusters immersed in it. For a composite with a matrix, a mixture of synthetic butadiene nitrile and hydrogenated butadiene nitrile rubber and the addition of a copper nanoparticle, it is shown that in a natural nanocomposite, which is the polymer under study in an amorphous state, the time dependences of the relative volume fractions of the regions of inter-component adhesion and the loosely packed matrix coincide quite well with each other. The application of the above relationship between the volume fractions of a loosely packed matrix and nanoclusters allows to reformulate the known equations of parallel and sequential micromechanical models, as well as the Kerner equation for a more complex micromechanical model used to describe the effect of strengthening the elastic modulus of nanocomposites