MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE WITH in situ FORMED POLYAMIDE-6 FIBRILS

in situ Fibril formation of polyamide-6(PA6)in isotropic polypropylene(iPP)was first fabricated using a slit die extrusion and hot stretching process.Then the prepared materials were subjected to injection molding in the temperature range higher than the melting temperature of iPP but lower than that of PA6.The obtained injection-molded samples were characterized via scanning electron microscopy(SEM),differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)and two-dimensional wide- angle X-ray scattering(2D-WAXS).Mechanical properties were also investigated.The SEM result shows that the optimum fibril formation could be only achieved in the range of 20 wt% to 30 wt% of PA6 content for the studied system.The fibril morphology changes along the sample thickness in the injection-molded bars.The fibril morphology in the skin layer was better than that in the core layer.2D-WAXS results showed that the orientation of PP decreased with the increase of PA6 content,which indicated that the orientation of PP was confined by PA6 fibrils.Combined consideration of mechanical properties and morphology indicates that only PP/PA6 composites with 20 wt% of PA6 content show better properties because of the better fibril morphology and PP chain orientation.

MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE WITH in situ FORMED POLYAMIDE-6 FIBRILS

in situ Fibril formation of polyamide-6 (PA6) in isotropic polypropylene (iPP) was first fabricated using a slit die extrusion and hot stretching process. Then the prepared materials were subjected to injection molding in the temperature range higher than the melting temperature of iPP but lower than that of PA6. The obtained injection-molded samples were characterized via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and two-dimensional wideangle X-ray scattering (2D-WAXS). Mechanical properties were also investigated. The SEM result shows that the optimum fibril formation could be only achieved in the range of 20 wt% to 30 wt% of PA6 content for the studied system. The fibril morphology changes along the sample thickness in the injection-molded bars. The fibril morphology in the skin layer was better than that in the core layer. 2D-WAXS results showed that the orientation of PP decreased with the increase of PA6 content, which indicated that the orientation of PP was confined by PA6 fibrils. Combined consideration of mechanical properties and morphology indicates that only PP/PA6 composites with 20 wt% of PA6 content show better properties because of the better fibril morphology and PP chain orientation.