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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 125, Issue 2, Pages 1108-1115Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.34799
Keywords
polylactic acid; crystallization; nucleating agent; double melting; heat deflection temperature
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- Ningbo Key Lab of Polymer Science [0802051041]
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The crystallization behavior of polylactic acid (PLA) was studied in the presence of a crystal nucleating agent, ethylenebishydroxystearamide (EBH). The crystallization rate and crystallinity were significantly increased with addition of EBH. The isothermal crystallization half-time at 105 degrees C was decreased from 18.8 minutes for neat PLA to 2.8 minutes for PLA with 1.0 wt % of EBH. The crystallinity of PLA with 1.0 wt % EBH was about 35% after 5-minute annealing at 105 degrees C. Like neat PLA, the double melting peaks were also observed for nucleated PLA. The changes of the double melt peaks were investigated with various crystallization temperatures, heating rates, and annealing times. The heat deflection temperature (HDT) of nucleated PLA was up to 93 degrees C after annealing. The correlation between crystallinity and HDT was demonstrated. A percolation threshold of crystallinity was found corresponding to HDT. The crystal size of nucleated PLA was significantly decreased with addition of EBH. The mechanical properties of annealed PLA blends simultaneously; showed improved modulus and impact strength. (c) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012
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