The filler effects of the dispersion particle of Xonotlite on the mechanical properties of PVC-Xonotlite mixture system were compared with those of the aggregates. Usually, powder of Xonotlite is obtained as aggregates of the needle crystal, while it is hard to make dispersion particle from the aggregates by ordinary mill such as a grinding or ball mill. Therefore, the dispersion particle in this study was prepared by two kinds of procedures. Namely, the one was an application of jet air to the aggregates, the other was an addition of hexa methyl di-siloxane(HMD S) to the reaction system to retard aggregation when Xonotlite was synthesized. The dispersion particle obtained in this manners was impregnated into PVC by mixing roll.
An increase in tensile strength and elongation was observed on these samples compared with the sample filled with the aggregates, but Young′s modulus in the bending test and dynamic modulus (
E′) decreased. And a rise of glass temperature (
Tg) was smaller than that of the aggregates. From these results, it may be presumed that (1) a surface interaction between particle and matrix decreased because the complicated surface structure of the aggregates was simplified. (2) a volume fraction of the particle in the matrix decreased because of the disintegration of aggregates. (3) a dispersion character of the particle became good, and faults in the matrix decreased; and (4) HMDS affected chemically a further decrease of the surface interaction.
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