DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES USING FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES

Presented By : Sai Likitha Siddanathi Rama Vinay Wairagkar Sathyabama university,chennai

INTRODUCTION
ZnO nanoparticles Properties of ZnO Synthesis process of ZnO Testing Fabrication process Lamination process Applications of ZnO Result

PROPERTIES OF ZINC OXIDE

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Reaction with acids
ZnO + 2 HCl ZnCl2 + H2O

Reaction with bases

ZnO + 2 NaOH + H2O Na2[Zn(OH)4]

Obtaining the Zn metal

ZnO + C Zn + CO

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES The 2 main crystallization forms ZnO are horizontal wurtzite and cubic zinc blend. Zinc and oxide centers are tetrahedral. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES Properties are good for ceramics. Zn has highest piezo electric tensors. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES ZnO has the ability to sustain large electric field, electronic noise, high temperature and high power operation.

SYNTHESIS PROCESS OF ZnO

WET CHEMICAL PROCESS
ZnO is prepared using Zn nitrate, sodium hydroxide precursors and soluble starch. 0.1% of soluble starch is dissolved in 500ml of distilled water then 0.1mol of Zn nitrate is added to the solution. After dissolving Zn nitrate,0.2mol of NaOH is added to the solution by constant stirring. The reaction takes place in 2hrs and the solution is left for the whole night and supernatant solution is discarded carefully. The obtained nanoparticles are washed thrice using distilled water to remove the byproducts.

ZINC NANO POWDER

TESTING
X-RAY DIFFRACTION METHOD
X-ray diffraction method is a versatile non destructive method which occurs in wave form i.e. distance of penetration is equal to wavelength. For certain geometries X-rays get scattered from crystalline solids and produce a diffracted beam, according to braggs equation,
n=2dsin, Where,

-wavelength of x-ray d- interplaner spacing -diffraction angle n-0,1,2,3.

X-ray diffraction is recorded from 20 to 90,with accelerating voltage of 40KV. The analysing is done by scherres formula,
P = 0.9 cos

Where, p-crystallite size wave length(1.54A) full maxima half width diffraction angle

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

SEM uses high energy electrons to generate variety of signals on the surface of solid structures. A certain area is selected and 2-d image is generated which gives spatial variations. This is used to determine quantitative and semi quantitative chemical composition of the crystalline structure.

SEM

SEM OF ZnO

FABRICATION PROCESS
TYPES OF MOULDING
CLOSE MOULDING PROCESS OPEN MOULDING PROCESS

VACUUM BAG MOULDING

RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING

SPRAY LAY UP

HAY LAY UP

DESIGN OF LAMINATE ANALYSIS

MECHANICAL TERMINOLOGY

APPLICATIONS OF ZINC OXIDE

COMPOSITES
Zno is mainly used to apply over fibers mixed with resins to improve mechanical properties of composites. It also protect the composite from UV light.

COATING
Used as anticorrosive agents for coating metals. Main application is galvanizing iron. They also retain flexibility of iron.

ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
ZnO has wide band gap due to which its application includes in leser diodes and light emitting diodes. They have strong enhabcement of electric fields due to pointed tips.

RESULTS
IMPACT TEST
The laminate with and without Nano particles is cut into different sizes in order to undergo Impact testing.

SAMPLES
SAMPLE-1

NORMAL NANO COMPOSITES COMPOSITES

2.2J 2.7J

SAMPLE-2

2.1J

2.5J

% increase for sample-1 is 22.72% %increase for sample-2 is 19.04%

NORMAL COMPOSITE AFTER TESTING

NANO COMPOSITE AFTER TESTING

CONCLUSION
Nano composites differ from conventional composite materials due to their exceptionally high surface to volume ratio and their high aspect ratio as a result; products of nanotechnology are more reactive than microtechnology. In this presentation the ZnO nanoparticles are synthesied and subjected to SEM test to determine their size. These nanoparticles are implemented in kevlar /glass epoxy laminate. Impact strength, failure strengths of nano composite is determined and compared with kevlar /glass epoxy laminate without nano particles.