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POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages 619-629Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21294
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- Iran National Science Foundation [85026/02]
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Reactive mixing of polypropylene (PP) and talc with epoxy-polyester resin was preformed using a corotating twin screw extruder, and the rheology, morphology, crystallization behavior, and mechanical properties of composites were evaluated. The melts of composites mixed with resin exhibited yield stress and the variation of viscosity against frequency can be approximated in two lines with various slopes. The measurement of the suspension viscosity can be used to characterize the microstructural state of dispersion. Empirical formula was used to relate viscosity with particle concentration, and the analysis showed that the maximum volume fraction increases by using small amount of epoxy resin in the formulations. The morphological study of composites by scanning electron microscopy revealed that the use of resin improved the dispersion of talc in PP, which leads to the arrangement of talc platelets in the direction of flow even close to wall of the mold. The differential scanning calorimetry showed that the epoxy resin suppressed the nucleation effect of talc on PP while the degree and rate of crystallization increased. The compatibilization by maleic an hydride-grafted polypropylene showed a noticeable increase in tensile strength of composites reactively mixed with epoxy resin. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 49:619-629, 2009. (c) 2009 Society of Plastics Engineers
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