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Effects of hybrid nucleating agents on glass fiber‐reinforced polyethylene terephthalate/polybutylene terephthalate alloy crystallization
Author(s) -
Fu JieHui,
Chen XiaoDong,
Xu QunJie,
Wang RuiYuan,
Wang XiJun
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.23280
Subject(s) - polybutylene terephthalate , materials science , nucleation , polyethylene terephthalate , crystallization , composite material , alloy , glass fiber , differential scanning calorimetry , isothermal process , chemical engineering , polyester , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , engineering
In this article, the Surlyn® 8920 and AX 8900 were mixed as hybrid nucleating agents for glass fiber (GF)‐reinforced polyethylene terephthalate (PET)/polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) alloy. The crystallization behaviors on GF‐reinforced PET/PBT alloy with compound nucleating agents of Surlyn® 8920 and AX 8900 were studied by differential scanning calorimeter. The Jeziorny method, Mo method, and Kissinger method were used for studying the non‐isothermal crystallization process of the composite alloys. While single AX 8900 cannot further improve the crystallization properties of the alloy and reduced the crystallization rate, the introduction of Surlyn® 8920 can effectively ameliorate the condition. The results demonstrated the hybrid nucleating agents of Surlyn® 8920 and AX 8900 not only can accelerate crystal growth, but also can significantly reduce the energy barrier, and it has a good effect in the alloy to the nucleation. POLYM. COMPOS. 37:1167–1172, 2016. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers