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Crystallization studies on fire‐retardant polypropylene
Author(s) -
Pi Chang Eng
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1977.070210406
Subject(s) - polypropylene , premelting , nucleation , crystallization , materials science , fire retardant , polymer , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , melting point , organic chemistry , engineering
A study of the effect of a series of fire retardants upon the crystallization behavior and morphology of polypropylene suggests three categories: (1) “Insolubilized nucleating additives”—these remain insolubilized at the premelting temperature of polypropylene, resulting in very high nucleation density which leads to numerous irresolveable small spherulites. (2) “Solubilized nucleating additives”—these are soluble at the premelting temperature of polypropylene but recrystallize before and/or simultaneously with the crystallization of polypropylene; the subsequent lower nucleation density results in medium‐size spherulites of a fairly heterogeneous distribution. (3) “Nonnucleating additives”—these remain solubilized in the polymer matrix throughout the course of crystallization of polypropylene. The nonnucleating nature and low viscosity of these solubilized additives results in large volume‐filling spherulites crystallized at a much faster growth than the unfilled polypropylene.