Structure and Performance of PP Porous Membrane Prepared with Adipic Acid and NA-40 as Nucleating Agent via TIPS

Abstract:

Polypropylene (PP) membranes were respectively prepared using adipic acid (APA) and Sorbitol (NA-40) as nucleating agent via thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) method. The effects of nucleating agent content and cooling temperature on the structure and performance of membrane were investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). WAXD spectrogram indicates that three kinds of α, β and γ-form crystal were formed in this preparation process and the relative content of β-form crystal in membrane prepared by NA-40 system is higher than that of membrane formed by adipic acid. SEM images show that porous structure and cellular structure were observed on the surface and cross-section of membrane. The water flux, tensile strength and elongation increase with the addition of nucleating agent content and decrease with cooling temperature rising. This paper aims to choose proper nucleating agent NA-40 and coagulation temperature to improve the properties of PP membranes.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 848)
• Pages: 733-737
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.848.733
• Online since: March 2016
• Authors: Hui Xia Xuan, Chun Ju He*
• Keywords: Adipic Acid, NA-40, Nucleating Agent, Polypropylene Porous Membrane

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