Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 189-193
Synthesis and Investigation of Peek Based Hybrid Composite Reinforced with Zinc Oxide and Aluminium Oxide Nanoparticles
B.Vincent1, N.Sathishkumar2, G.Anand3
1,2Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, St.Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai - 600119, Tamilnadu, India.
3Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore – 560067, Karnataka, India.
Corresponding Author: N.Sathishkumar
ABSTRACT
Poly Ethyl Ether Ketone is a high performance thermo plastic polymer widely used in biomedical applications in recent days. The main aim of this research work is to synthesize PEEK powder when it is reinforced with ZnO nanoparticles and Al2O3 nanoparticles at different proportions. The powder metallurgy process which involves three stages like blending, compacting and sintering were carried out to prepare the samples for testing. The fabricated samples were subjected to various mechanical testing like compression test and barcol hardness test. From the investigation, it is clear that PEEK powder reinforced with ZnO nanoparticles and Al2O3 nanoparticles possess higher compressive strength and high hardness when compared to other samples.
Keywords: PEEK, Zinc Oxide, Aluminium Oxide, Powder Metallurgy, Barcol Hardness, Rockwell Hardness.
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