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Composite Interfaces, Vol.8, No.3-4, 307-312, 2001
Shungite - a carbon-mineral filler for polymeric composite materials
Shungite rock material after fine grinding was investigated as a filler for polymeric composites. Shungite carbon structural and physico-chemical peculiarities predetermine shungite filler behaviour in polymeric matrixes. Specific interaction between the network of globules (the main structural units of shungite carbon of nanoscale size) and the network of mineral phase structural units in every shungite filler particle leads to the amphiphylic surface properties of the filler. Influence on rheological properties of different polymeric composite materials was demonstrated as an example of advanced potential possibilities of shungite filler. The metastable structure of shungite carbon and its reactivity seemed to be the key to understanding the observed effect.