Enhanced Wear Performance of Nylon 6/Organoclay Nanocomposite by Blending With a Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer.

The article discusses a study on the effect a well-dispersed PA6/clay nanocomposite blended with a commercial thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (TLCP) and the compability of PA6 and TLCP on wear performance. The PA6 used was Zytel 733IJ NC010 from DuPont company and TLCP used was Vectra A950 (VA). It concludes that the addition of maleic-anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) improves the compatibility between VA and PA6 and that the addition of VA improved the wear resistance of PA6/organoclay nanocomposite in compatibilized hybrid material.