Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of wood-flour/polypropylene composites in the presence of β-nucleating agent

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 949-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lang Huang ◽  
Haigang Wang ◽  
Weihong Wang ◽  
Qingwen Wang ◽  
Yongming Song
Polímeros ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arieny RODRIGUES ◽  
Juliano MARINI ◽  
Rosario E. S. BRETAS ◽  
Sebastião V. CANEVAROLO ◽  
Benjamim de M. CARVALHO ◽  
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e-Polymers ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue-fei Zhang ◽  
Xun Li ◽  
Xian-shan Wei

AbstractBicyclic [2,2,1] heptane di-carboxylate (commercial product name: HPN- 68) is a novel nucleating agent with high nucleation efficiency for isotactic polypropylene (iPP). In this paper, the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of virgin iPP and iPP nucleated with HPN-68 were investigated by means of a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).The Caze method was used to analyze the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics. The results show that addition of HPN-68 can increase the crystallization peak temperature (Tp) of iPP greatly under the same cooling rate. Under non-isothermal conditions, the addition of HPN-68 changes the spherulite growth pattern of iPP. For virgin iPP, the growth pattern is mainly spontaneous nucleation followed by three-dimensional spherulite growth, while for iPP nucleated with HPN-68, the growth pattern is mainly heterogeneous nucleation followed by three-dimensional spherulite growth.


2011 ◽  
Vol 396-398 ◽  
pp. 1688-1691
Author(s):  
Qing Chun Fan ◽  
Fei Hong Duan ◽  
Huai Bing Guo ◽  
Tian Wu

The isothermal crystallization kinetics of PP with different contents of AB2 hyperbranched polyester(HBP) added has been investigated. The results show that HBP acts as a nucleating agent for PP, and the hyperbranched polyester can decrease the half crystallization time (t1/2) and increase the crystallization rate of PP greatly. The Avrami exponents of PP and nucleated PP are all close to 2.5. Hoffman theory was adopted to calculate the interfacial free energy per unit area perpendicular to PP chains σe of PP and PP/HBP blends.


2013 ◽  
Vol 446-447 ◽  
pp. 206-209
Author(s):  
Cheng Peng Li ◽  
Mary She ◽  
Ling Xue Kong

Polyvinlyl alcohol (PVA)/graphene oxide (GO) composites are prepared by solution blending method. And the non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of as-prepared composites is evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results indicate the graphene oxide can significantly modify the non-isothermal crystallization behavior of the PVA, for instance improved crystallization temperature and prolonged crystallization time. Enhanced crystallization temperature illustrates that GO can act as effective nucleating agent. However, prolonged crystallization time means that GO can retard the whole crystallization. Further kinetics analysis indicates that both the crystallization kinetics of neat PVA and PVA/GO match the Mo model very well. According to the Mo model, during the whole crystallization process, graphene oxide perform as a retardant. In conclusion, graphene oxide can act as effective nucleating agent due to strong interaction bewteen graphene oxide and PVA matrix. On the other hand, graphene oxide loaded may lead to other side effects. This side effects may lead to the retarded crystallization speed finally.


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