Structure and properties of high-density polyethylene modified with a highly disperse Fe and FeO mixture

Abstract

The modifying influence of micro-additions of a highly disperse mixture of Fe and FeO on the physicomechanical properties of HDPE has been investigated. The considerable improvement in a number of most important physicomechanical properties is due to increase in the density of the fluctuational network of molecular entanglements as a result of the introduction of a mixture of Fe and FeO into the polymer matrix. It is concluded that the interaction of the Fe and FeO particles with the polymer matrix is essentially of a magnetic character.