کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5207141 1382337 2009 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Effect of carbon nanotubes content on crystallization kinetics and morphology of polypropylene
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه شیمی شیمی آلی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Effect of carbon nanotubes content on crystallization kinetics and morphology of polypropylene
چکیده انگلیسی
Thermoplastic nanocomposites were prepared in a laboratory mixer using polypropylene (PP) and different amounts of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in the range 0.25-2 wt%. The effect of SWNT content on the thermal and mechanical properties and also morphology of the PP/SWNT nanocomposites were studied. The results obtained from nonisothermal crystallization of PP and the nanocomposites, which were carried out using the differential scanning calorimetry technique, showed that not only the overall rate of crystallization of PP increased when SWNT was added to the polymer but also the rate of nucleation was higher and the crystallite size distribution was more uniform for the nanocomposites than for PP. From the optical microscopy studies, it was found that the PP spherulites decreased in size when SWNT was introduced into the polymer and also the mature spherical shaped crystals of PP changed in part to the immature kidney- or bean-shaped crystal forms in the nanocomposites. In addition, the crystallization kinetics was also studied by using isothermal spherulitic growth rate, and the values of nucleation constant, Kg, and end surface free energy, σe, were calculated for PP and the nanocomposites according to Lauritzen-Hoffman theory. The reductions of these two parameters were in agreement with the fact that the rate of crystallization of PP in nanocomposites was higher than that of the pristine polymer.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Polymer Testing - Volume 28, Issue 1, February 2009, Pages 46-52
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