Nylon 6 Packaging Film: Mechanical & Thermal Properties Thermoplastic Extrusion
Nylon 6 Packaging Film: Oxygen Transmission Rates
Nylon 6 Packaging Film: Water Vapor Transmission Rates
Nylon 6 Packaging Film: Ultraviolet Transmission
Cloisite®; Application Data
Application: Packaging films
Target property: Mechanical and thermal properties
Resin: Allied Signal Capron®; B.135.WP Nylon 6
Experimental summary:
Target resin combined with 5% Cloisite®; by co-rotating
twin screw extrusion (200 rpm, 5.3 kg/hr)
Nanocomposite pellets pressed into dog bones for analysis.
Dog bones tested under various ASTM analysis
| |
Nylon 6 |
Cloisite® Nanocomposite (5%) |
| Tensile Strength (MPa) |
82 |
101 |
| Tensile Modulus (MPa) |
2756 |
4657 |
| Flexural Modulus (MPa) |
2431 |
3780 |
| Notched Izod, J/m |
38 |
27 |
| HDT, °C |
57 |
96 |
| % Elongation |
12 |
8 |
| Shore D |
83 |
83 |
Target property: Oxygen transmission rate
Resin: Allied Signal Capron®; B.135.WP Nylon 6
Experimental summary:
Target resin combined with varying concentrations of
Cloisite®; by twin screw extrusion with vacuum venting
to prepare the nanocomposite.
Nanocomposite pellets blow molded to thin film
approximately 0.5 mil thickness.
Resulting film analyzed for oxygen transmission under
various relative humidity conditions (Mocon Oxtran 2-20).
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Target property: Water Vapor Transmission Rate
Resin: Allied Signal Capron B.135.WP Nylon 6
Experimental summary:
Target resin combined with varying concentrations of
Cloisite® by twin screw extrusion with vacuum venting
to prepare the nanocomposite.
Nanocomposite pellets blow molded to thin film
approximately 0.5 mil thickness.
Resulting film analyzed for water transmission rate
(Mocon Permatran W 3-31).
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Target property: UV Transmission
Resin: Allied Signal Capron®; B.135.WP Nylon 6
Experimental summary:
Target resin combined with varying concentrations of
Cloisite®; by twin screw extrusion with vacuum venting
to prepare the nanocomposite.
Nanocomposite pellets blow molded to thin film
approximately 0.5 mil thickness.
Resulting film analyzed for UV transmission (Schmadzu).
view experimental results
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