Nonisothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Isotactic Polypropylene Filled with a Novel Nucleating Agent

Abstract:

The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) filled with a novel nucleating agent (TMC328) was studied by using differential scanning calorimetric. The commonly used Arami, Ozawa, and Mo models were used to model the crystallization kinetics, and it appears that Arami and Mo models can well describe the nonisothermal crystallization behaviors of iPP/TMC328 blends. The results indicate that a small amount of TMC328 can obviously enhance the kinetic crystallizability of iPP due to its heterogeneous nucleation effect.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 652-654)
• Pages: 501-507
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.652-654.501
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Nai Xu, Li Sha Pan, Su Juan Pang, Qiang Lin
• Keywords: Avrami, Isotactic Polypropylene, Nonisothermal Crystallization Kinetics, Nucleating Agent

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