Thermal stability study of polystyrene graphite microcomposites in comparison with polystyrene-carbon Nanocomposites

Abstract EN

The variation of the degradation characteristic temperatures of polysterene (PS)/graphite (Gr) microcomposites were determined as a function of Gr content comparing with those of PS/carbon (C) nanocomposites.

The analysis proved that the Gr particles enhanced the thermal stability of PS up to 10 wt% content, whereas the improvement of thermal stability for PS / C nanocomposites was determined at 15 wt % of C content.

In addition, the effect of Gr content on the crystallinity and microstructure of Ps composite were studied by x-ray diffractometer and scanning electron microscope.