Crystallization behavior of isotactic polypropylene/magnesium salt whisker composites modified by compatibilizer PP-g-MAH

Crystallization behavior of isotactic polypropylene (iPP)/magnesium salt whisker (MSW) composites modified by compatibilizer PP-g-MAH was studied under both isothermal and nonisothermal conditions. Analysis of the isothermal crystallization showed that the Avrami model successfully described the crystallization process. On the basis of Lauritzen–Hoffman theory, a regime transition was observed at about 139 °C for the iPP/MSW composite, and a decrease in the fold surface free energy was calculated with the addition of MSW and PP-g-MAH. The addition of MSW filler and PP-g-MAH compatibilizer distinctly improved the crystallization temperature and accelerated the total crystallization rate of iPP. It was observed that MSW induced the formation of β-iPP but PP-g-MAH suppressed the formation of β-iPP.     

硫酸钙晶须催化合成三羟甲基丙烷三丙烯酸酯

以三羟甲基丙烷(TMP)、丙烯酸(AA)为原料,硫酸钙晶须为催化剂,环己烷和甲苯混合物为带水剂,合成三羟甲基丙烷三丙烯酸酯(TMPTA).考察了原料配比、催化剂用量等因素对产品酯化率的影响.结果表明:以对苯二酚和吩噻嗪做混合阻聚剂,n(AA)∶n(TMP)=3.40,硫酸钙晶须的质量分数(以三羟甲基丙烷用量为基准)为2.0%,、环己烷用量20%、甲苯用量30%;酯化反应温度为98 ℃,反应时间为5 h,在此条件下合成的三羟甲基丙烷三丙烯酸酯酯化率大于96.8%,纯度达到97.6%.     

Miscibility of isotactic polypropylene with atactic polystyrene

The miscibility of isotactic polypropylene-atactic polystyrene blends using dilatometric, TOA, DAT and stress-strain methods were studied. It appears that the blends are heterogeneous, having two glass transition temperatures. However, some interactions between components are evident to change theTgs of their amorphous phases and theTm of isotactic polypropylene crystals. The results are discussed on the basis of the blends' thermal and tensile properties.     

Mesoporous silica-supported zirconocene catalysts for highly isotactic polypropylene

A new bis(indenyl)zirconocene bearing a pendant Si-Cl anchor has been grafted onto MCM-41, SBA-15, MCM-48 and a disordered mesoporous silica for the polymerisation of ethylene and propylene, producing polymers with very high molecular weights, low polydispersities and, in the case of polypropylene, higher levels of isotacticity than obtainable with analogous homogeneous systems.     

Prediction of non-isothermal crystallization parameters for isotactic polypropylene

Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) was simulated with the assumption that the non-isothermal crystallization process was composed of some finite isothermal crystallization processes, while each isothermal crystallization process consists of three main steps—induction, nucleation and crystal growth. In the simulation, induction time was taken into account, allowing one to make predictions on the start of the non-isothermal crystallization of iPP; nuclei density was treated as a function of temperature; the Hoffman–Lauritzen theory was employed to describe the spherulite growth rate varied with temperature, and the relative crystallinity was determined by the equation of Kolmogorov. Finally, model prediction was verified by quantitative comparison between the theoretical results with the experimental results.     

Sonochemical synthesis and characterization of Cu2HgI4 nanostructures photocatalyst with enhanced visible light photocatalytic ability

These days, an important concern in water contamination is the remaining dyes from various sources (for instance, dye and dye intermediates industries, pulp and paper industries, textile industries, craft bleaching industries, tannery, and pharmaceutical industries, etc.), and a broad range of persistent organic contamination has been entered to the wastewater treatment systems or natural water supplies. Indeed, it is extremely hazardous and toxic to the living organism. Therefore, it is necessary to remove these organic pollutants before releasing them into the environment. Photocatalysis is a quickly growing technology for sewage procedures. For this purpose, Cu₂HgI₄ nanostructures were prepared via facile, and cost-effective sonochemical method. The effect of varied circumstances, such as various surfactants, sonication power, and sonication time was considered on the crystallinity, structure, shape, and particle size of products. Cu₂HgI₄ possesses a suitable bandgap (2.2 eV) in the visible area. The photocatalytic performance of the Cu₂HgI₄ was surveyed for the elimination of various organic dyes under visible radiation and exposed that this compound could degrade and remove methyl orange about 94.2% in an acidic medium after 160 min under visible light. Besides, the result showed that various parameters, including, pH, dye concentration, types of dyes, catalyst dosages, and time of irradiation affected the photocatalytic efficiency.     

Thermal degradation of thin films of isotactic polypropylene and polypropylene with ketonic additives

The rate of oxidation of 0.3–0.7 mil films of pure polypropylene is much more rapid than with thicker films. The rate of oxidation increases with the increase in the partial pressure of oxygen and with temperature. The apparent activation energy in oxygen is 22.5 keal/mole. 1,3-Diphenyl-2-propanone added to the polymer acts as an oxidation initiator while p-phenylacetophenone and 4-phenylbenzophenone slightly retard the oxidation. The effects of the additives are more pronounced when the oxidation was carried out in air or at the lower temperatures (90°C) when the oxidation was conducted in pure oxygen. The degree of crystallinity based on the infrared data was found to increase with the degree of oxidation of the polymer.     

Crystallization kinetics of isotactic polypropylene blended with atactic polystyrene

Crystallization kinetic parameters, such as spherulitic growth rates, nucleation densities, and Avrami-exponents, have been determined by optical microscopy for isotactic polypropylene blended with atactic polystyrene. It is found that the crystallization of iPP is strongly influenced by the presence of polystyrene. With increasing PS concentration in the blend, the nucleation densities decrease, while the spherulitic growth rates as well as the positions of thermal peaks, measured by DSC, remain independent of sample composition. Due to the formation of interfaces as a consequence of increasing dispersion of polystyrene the nucleation changes from preferentially thermal to athermal.     

Thermal degradation behaviour of isotactic polypropylene blended with lignin

The influence of lignin on the thermal degradation of isotactic polypropylene, investigated by thermogravimetric analysis, is reported in this article. Polypropylene blends containing 5 and 15 wt% of lignin were prepared by mixing the components in a screw mixer. An increase in the thermal degradation temperature of the blends was observed as a function of lignin content, in both oxidative and non-oxidative conditions. The increase is noticeably marked for the experiments carried out in air atmosphere, where the interactions between the polypropylene and the lignin lead to the formation of a protective surface able to reduce the oxygen diffusion towards the polymer bulk. Morphological analyses were carried out with optical and electronic microscopy, to evaluate the degree of dispersion of the lignin in the polypropylene matrix. X-ray techniques were employed to study the influence of lignin on the structure of the blended polypropylene.     

Shear-induced crystallization of isotactic polypropylene based nanocomposites with montmorillonite

Shear-induced isothermal crystallization in iPP based nanocomposites with organo-modified montmorillonite was followed by light depolarization technique. Prior to the crystallization, samples were sheared at 1 or 2 s⁻¹ for 10 s in a plate-plate system at crystallization temperature of 136 °C. Structure of the solidified specimens was investigated by light microscopy and electron microscopy, X-ray techniques and IR spectroscopy. Strong enhancement of the nucleation and crystallization after shearing was observed in the compatibilized nanocomposites with the clay. Clay exfoliation was found to accelerate strongly the shear-induced nucleation and overall crystallization. However, the sheared samples exhibited only weak orientation of α crystals with (0 4 0) crystallographic planes parallel to shearing direction that resulted probably from a small population of oriented crystals that formed due to shear-induced orientation of iPP chains and served as nuclei for further nearly isotropic growth.     

Preparation and nucleation effect of a novel compound nucleating agent carboxylated graphene/calcium pimelate for isotactic polypropylene

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - A highly efficient compound nucleating agent of carboxylated graphene/calcium pimelate (Gra/CaPi) for isotactic polypropylene (iPP) was prepared. The...     

Thermal oxidation of isotactic polypropylene synthesized with a metallocene catalyst

The mechanism and kinetics of thermal oxidation of metallocene PP are investigated. It is shown that the rate of oxidation of the samples synthesized at a high temperature (40–70°C) is higher than that of the samples synthesized at a low temperature (20 and 30°C). The composition of oxidation products of PP samples; the kinetics of the accumulation of these products; and changes in structural, thermal, and thermophysical parameters during oxidation are analyzed in detail. Our data indicate that the oxidation of low-temperature samples and the oxidation of high-temperature samples obey different mechanisms. The oxidation of low-temperature samples corresponds to the radical-chain process, in which the intramolecular transfer of kinetic chains prevails. High-temperature samples are characterized by the intermolecular transfer of oxidation kinetic chains, which leads to the degradation of macromolecules. It is inferred that the rate and mechanism of thermal oxidation are determined by the microstructure of polymer chains.     

Interactions between the components in isotactic polypropylene blended with EPDM

The interaction of isotactic polypropylene with ethylene propylene diene terpolymer in their blends has been investigated by use of differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis, wide- and small-angle x-ray scattering, and by investigating the nucleation and kinetics of crystallization of the iPP component under the polarization microscope. It is found, that the dispersion of the EPDM component in the iPP matrix is dependent on blend composition and is maximal at 10% EPDM content. An interface layer between the two components is formed by migration of iPP molecules into the EPDM phase. A model for this interface is proposed.     

Rheological characteristics of blends of isotactic polypropylene with high density polyethylene

Binary blends of iPP/HDPE have been prepared in order to evaluate the effect of the ratio of the viscosities of the parent polymers on the rheological behaviour of the blends. The viscosity of a blend is intermediate when the viscosities of the homopolymers are very different; a slight minimum occurs when the viscosity ratio is near to one. Some tests have also been performed on an iPP/LDPE blend generally confirming these results without peculiarities due to the branching. The die-swell values of the blends are intermediate, also when the values for the parent polymers are similar. For the critical shear rate, a maximum occurs when the critical shear rate of the polyethylene is larger than that of the polypropylene.     

Structure and properties of blends of isotactic polypropylene with ethylene-propylene oil

The structure of blends of isotactic polypropylene with ethylene-propylene oil was studied by light and atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and DSC. It was shown that the blends are heterogeneous systems which contain semicrystalline PP and oil crystallizing at low temperatures. An increase in the oil content leads to a change in the spherulite size; a decrease in the lamella size; and, accordingly, to a drop in the melting temperature of PP. The PP-oil blends are thermodynamically compatible in melt. The mechanism of PP deformation gradually varies from the ductile to the quasi-brittle mode with a significant deterioration of mechanical characteristics of the material with an increase in the oil content. The experimental results are described satisfactorily by a model of deformation of the polymer matrix alone.     

Shear-induced crystallization in phase-separated blends of isotactic polypropylene with ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer

The compatibility between isotactic polypropylene(i PP) and ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer(EPDM) in the blends was studied. SAXS analysis indicates that i PP and EPDM phases in the binary blend are incompatible. Isothermal crystallization behaviors of i PP in phase-separated i PP/EPDM were studied by in situ POM equipped with a Linkam shear hot stage. It was found that typical spherulites of i PP were formed both in neat i PP and in i PP/EPDM blends. The radial growth rate(d R/dt) of spherulites of i PP in the blend was not influenced by EPDM phases. Further investigations on isothermal crystallization of i PP in i PP/EPDM after shear with a fixed shear time showed that the crystallization rate of i PP in the blends increased with increasing shear rates, whereas, the crystallization rate was much lower than that of neat i PP. WAXD results showed that ?-crystal i PP was formed in neat i PP as well as in i PP/EPDM blends after shearing and the percentage of ?-crystal bore a relationship to the applied shear rate. The presence of EPDM resulted in lower percentage of ?-crystal in the blends than that in neat i PP under the same constant shear conditions. SAXS experiments revealed that shear flow could induce formation of oriented lamellae in i PP and i PP in the blends, and the presence of EPDM led to a reduced fraction of oriented lamellae.     

Thermal behavior of isotactic polypropylene freeze-extracted from solutions with varying concentrations

Isotactic polypropylene (iPP) with narrow molecular mass distribution was freeze-extracted from n-octane solutions with varying concentrations. The recovered samples were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry. It is found that the sample recovered from the very dilute solution exhibits the higher non-isothermal crystallization temperature, faster isothermal crystallization rate, and smaller Avrami index. And there should exist a critical concentration corresponding with the critical overlap concentration proposed by de Gennes in the polymer solutions. In the solution well below the critical concentration, the iPP chains were isolated from each other, resulting in an acceleration of melt crystallization for the recovered samples. It seems that the chain entanglement is a barrier to the melt crystallization of polymer.     

常压酸化法从磷钾伴生矿酸浸液中制备硫酸钙晶须

以磷钾伴生矿的盐酸浸出液为介质,研究常压酸化法制备硫酸钙晶须,分别考察了不同硫酸浓度、加热温度、n(SO_4~(2-))/n(Ca~(2+))、滴加速率以及搅拌转速等操作条件对硫酸钙晶须长径比的影响.实验结果表明:在硫酸浓度为0.87 mol/L、加热温度为105℃、n(SO_4~(2-))/n(Ca~(2+))=1.2、滴加速率为2.5 mL/min、搅拌转速为166 r/min较佳的条件下,可制得长径比为32的二水硫酸钙晶须.     

A bimodal structure of solution-grown isotactic polypropylene with orthogonally crossed lamellae

Isotactic polypropylene (iPP) was crystallized from solution on a uniaxially-oriented iPP film. Small-angle x-ray scattering patterns obtained from the sample showed two perpendicularly crossed lameliae 9.3 nm thick that overgrew flat-on and edge-on on the substrate. In the through wide-angel x-ray diffraction pattern (taken with incident x-rays normal to the iPP film surface), strong hkO reflections were arranged in an hkO net pattern indicating that the a-axis of the monoclinic α unit cell was oriented parallel to the chain direction of the substrate. From this, it was concluded that the flat-on lamellae grew with the a-axis parallel to the chain axis of the substrate and with the b-axis parallel to its surface. In the edge wide-angle x-ray diffraction pattern (X-rays incident on the edge of the film), arced, strong 110 and 220 reflections from overgrown crystals were observed on the equator of the fiber pattern of the substrate. This indicated that the edge-on lamellae epitaxially grew with the c-axis aligned parallel to the chain axis of the substrate. The homoepitaxy explains the correlated growth mode between the orthogonally crossed lamellae: they grew epitaxially, the a-axis of one lamella coinciding with the c-axis of the other and the {010} planes in contact. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Heterogeneous nucleation and self-nucleation of isotactic polypropylene with addition of nano-ZnO

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The influence of nano-zinc oxide (nano-ZnO) on the crystallization and melting behaviors of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) was investigated by...