Prof. František Greškovič from Technical University of Košice during the seminar which was held on 13.04.2017, entitled “Mechanical properties of PA6/MMT polymer nanocomposites and predictions based on the content ofnanofiller” and dedicated to the members of NEWEX project, presented standard methods for material testing. Creating new polymers with desired properties is now more difficult, so there is great place for the modification of known thermoplastics with the addition of fillers. With conventionally used fillers such as talc, calcium carbonate or glass fibers the normal degree of filling is up to 40%. New nanocomposite fillers can improve all kinds of properties with a small degree of filling. This study is aimed at the improvement of basic mechanical properties of well-known polyamide 6 (PA6) thermoplastic with the addition of three different types of nanofillers based on montmorillonite clay. Two fillers Cloisite 30B and Cloisite 93A were organically modified, while filler Cloisite Na+ was in its pure form.
