Role of Polymer Interactions with Clays and Modifiers on Nanomechanical Properties and Crystallinity in Polymer Clay Nanocomposites

Table 5

Nanomechanical properties of PCNs.

Parameters	PBT	PBT-PCN	Nylon6	Nylon6-PCN
Crystallinity (%)	35.6	35.1	27.6	23.1
Elastic modulus (GPa)	1.40	2.20	3.35	5.46
Hardness (GPa)	0.09	0.14	0.12	0.17