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Research on the surface treatment of silicon dioxide on the tribological properties of carbon fiber-filled polymethylmethacrylate composite

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

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Abstract

This article is concerned with the effects of the silane surface treatment of silicon dioxide (SiO2) on the tribological properties of the SiO2-reinforced polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) (SiO2/PMMA) composites filled with carbon fiber (CF). Silane treatment and CF bring positive effect to improve friction reduction and antiwear properties of SiO2/PMMA composites. Fourier transform infrared analysis shows that SiO2 has been oxidized and etched by silane treatment. The presence of active groups increases the polarity of SiO2, and so the bonding property between the particle and the matrix improves. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation revealed that this hybrid reinforcement could be interpreted in terms of a positive rolling effect of the particles between the two sliding surfaces, which protected the short CFs from being pulled out of the PMMA matrix.