The Nanocomposites Polyethylene/Organoclay Permeability to Gas Description within the Frameworks of Percolation and Multifractal Models

Authors: 

Georgiy Kozlov, Boris Dzhangurazov, Gennady Zaikov and Abdulakh Mikitaev

It has been shown that permeability to gas coefficient reduction at the layered nanofiller introduction in polyethylene is due to polymer matrix fraction decrease, which is accessible for gas transport processes. Two models (percolation and multifractal ones) are offered for this reduction quantitative description.

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