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Melting behavior, nonisothermal crystallization kinetics, and morphology of PP/nylon 11/EPDM‐ g ‐MAH blends
Author(s) -
Wang Biaobing,
Hu Guosheng,
Wei Lixia
Publication year - 2007
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.27485
Subject(s) - differential scanning calorimetry , materials science , crystallization , polypropylene , kinetics , activation energy , morphology (biology) , polymer chemistry , avrami equation , surface energy , chemical engineering , melting point , composite material , thermodynamics , chemistry , enthalpy of fusion , physics , genetics , quantum mechanics , biology , engineering
The melting behavior, nonisothermal crystallization behavior, and morphology of pure polypropylene (PP) and its blends were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy. The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics was analyzed using the Avrami equation modified by Jeziorny and the equation combining the Avrami and Ozawa method. The surface fold free energy and the effective activation energy for both PP and its blends were obtained by Hoffman‐Lauritzen theory and Vyazovkin's approach, respectively. The results showed that the presence of nylon 11 hindered the mobility of PP chains but accelerated the overall crystallization rate. The POM observation confirmed that the addition of nylon 11 decreased the spherulites size of PP matrix. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008