Journal
JOURNAL OF ELASTOMERS AND PLASTICS
Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 509-522Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0095244309339789
Keywords
beta-crystalline form; crystallization; glutaric acid; polymorphism; polypropylene
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The effects of glutaric acid and the lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, and cadmium salts of glutaric acid on the formation of beta-crystalline form in isotactic polypropylene (iPP) at the crystallization temperatures 120 and 130 degrees C have been investigated. It is found that glutaric acid and the sodium, potassium, and zinc salts of glutaric acid inhibit the formation of beta-crystalline form in polypropylene. Lithium glutarate has a limited positive effect on the formation of beta-crystalline form. Magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium salts of glutaric acid exhibit increased beta-nucleation abilities with the increasing atomic radii of the combined metals. Cadmium glutarate is a good beta-nucleating agent and the formation of beta-crystalline form is favored at the crystallization temperature of 120 degrees C. The increases in the orientation of b-axes of the nucleated iPP samples are due to the presences of sodium and zinc salts of glutaric acid.
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