Synthesis and study of perspective composite material based on mechanochemically synthesized magnesium ferrite and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene

Abstract This work is devoted to the study of the newly mechanochemically synthesized composite consisted of industrially available ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and Mg-ferrite particles for the design of components of functional electro-magnetic shielding materials needed in life support technologies. The produced material was characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, Mossbauer spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Mechanical activation leads to increased dispersion of ferrite component and transformation of UHMWPE submolecular structure without explicit interaction with ferrite particles surface.