List of acronyms 101
List of acronyms
GF Glass Fibre
PP Polypropylene MMT Montmorillonite
NC Nano-Clay, namely surface treated organophilic clay
NCP Nanocomposite
PPgMA Maleic Anhydride grafted Polypropylene, compatibilizer
MA Maleic Anhydride
CEC Charge Exchange Capacity
MW Molecular Weight
I.30P Nanocor® powder grade nano-clay
C.30P Nanocor® pellet grade nano-clay concentrate
C15A Southern Clay® powder grade nano-clay, Cloisite™ 15A
BOT Burn Off Test
DSC Differential Scanning Calorimetry
DMTA Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis
OM Optical Microscopy
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
XRD X-Ray Diffraction
FIB Focused Ion Beam
TT Tensile Test
TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy
XXnc.YYpb.ZZ Code for plaques, with XX as organo-clay percentage, nc as organo-clay grade (‘i’ for Nanocor® I.30P, ‘c’ for C.30P and ‘sc’ for Cloisite® 15A), YY as PolyBond® 3200 percentage and ZZ as a serial number to distinguish samples with the same composition
lam.X.YY.ZZZ Code for laminates, with X as PolyBond® 3200 weight percentage, YY as organo-clay grade (‘i’ for Nanocor® I.30P, ‘sc’ for Cloisite® 15A) and ZZZ as a contraction to distinguish different GF mat grades (‘epo’ for epoxy resin functionalized mat, ‘cle’ for heat cleaned glass, ‘emu’ for emulsion treated fabric and ‘pre’ for pre-pregs)
lam.pPP.ZZZ Neat PP control laminate with the same meaning for ZZZ as stated above