Role of fibers and fillers on thermal behaviour of thermoplastic copolyester elastomer composites

Abstract

The current experimental toil is embraced to investigate the thermal conduct of short glass fiber (SGF) fortified thermoplastic copolyester elastomer (TCE) hybrid composites loaded up with both micro (short carbon fibers, PTFE, SiC, Al2O3 and MoS2) and nano (Al2O3 and PFPE) sized ceramic particulate fillers. The composite test coupons are produced by compounding in twin screw extruder followed by injection molding. The readied hybrid composites are evaluated for thermal conduct in thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The outcomes uncovered that the TCE and their composites displayed the degradation in three phases. The degradation temperature of the composite expanded with the expansion in fiber and filler content. Notwithstanding, softening temperature of the TCE composites did not modified impressively within the sight of fiber and fillers.