Preparation and characterization of injection‐homo‐polypropylene filled with nano‐CaCO3 |
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| Authors: | Wen‐Yi Wang Guo‐Quan Wang Xiao‐Fei Zeng Jian‐Feng Chen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory for Nanomaterials, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China;2. Institute of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China;3. Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | Nano‐CaCO3/homo‐PP composites were prepared by melt‐blending using twin‐screw extruder. The results show that not only the impact property but also the bending modulus of the system have been evidently increased by adding nano‐CaCO3. The nano‐CaCO3 particles have been dispersed in the matrix in the nanometer scale which was investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The toughening mechanism of nano‐CaCO3, investigated by means of dynamical mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), lies on that the nano‐CaCO3 particles take an action of initiating and terminating crazing (silver streak), which can absorb more impact energy than the neat PP. At the same time, the nano‐CaCO3 particles, as the nuclear, decrease the crystal size of PP, the results of which were investigated by means of polarized optical microscope (POM). © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010 |
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| Keywords: | polypropylene dynamical mechanical thermal analysis CaCO3 nanocomposites |
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