Reconstruction of core-shell dispersed particles in impact polypropylene copolymer during extrusion |
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Authors: | Feng Chen Bi-wei Qiu Ya-nan Ye Yu-hua Lv Yong-gang Shangguan Yi-hu Song Qiang Zheng |
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Affiliation: | MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China |
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Abstract: | We reported an approach to reconstruct the complex phase morphology of impact polypropylene copolymer(IPC) with core-shell dispersed particles and to optimize its toughness in approximate shear condition. The molten-state annealing results indicate that the phase structure with core-shell dispersed particles is unstable and could be completely destroyed by static annealing, resulting in the degradation of impact strength. By using a co-rotating twin screw extruder, we found that the dispersed particle with core-shell structure could be rebuilt in appropriate condition with the recovery of excellent impact strength due to both the huge interfacial tension during solidification and the great difference in viscosity of components. Results reveal that almost all the extruded IPCs show the impact strength 60%-90% higher than that of annealed IPCs at room temperature. And the twice-extruded IPC shows the highest impact strength, 446% higher than that of IPC annealed for 30 min. As for low temperature tests, the impact strength of extruded IPCs also increases by 33%-58%. According to adjusting the processing conditions including extrusion speed, extrusion frequency and temperature, an optimization of toughness was well established. |
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Keywords: | Impact polypropylene copolymer Shear Phase morphology Core-shell dispersed particle Impact strength |
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