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POLYMER
Volume 264, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125533
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Polymer; Absorber materials; PP grafting; Thermal properties
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In this study, short-chain branches of anhydride, amine, and various acrylate monomers were grafted onto polypropylene (PP) using reactive extrusion. The effect of grafting on the thermal properties of the resulting graft co-polymers was evaluated through various tests. The results showed successful grafting of PP, resulting in improved thermal stability, which is essential for energy applications.
Polypropylene (PP) is a versatile commodity polymer with a plethora of potential applications, in this work, short-chain branches of anhydride, amine, and various acrylate monomers with varying molecular weights were grafted onto PP using reactive extrusion. It was envisioned that such graft co-polymers can enhance the per-formance of PP making it a viable material such as water heating applications. The main interest herewith is to evaluate the occurrence of the grafting reaction and its effect on the thermal properties of the resulting graft co-polymers. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), Polarized Optical Mi-croscopy (POM), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), gel content, and rheology tests were conducted to evaluate the effect of grafting on the performance of PP. DSC results showed a novel increase in crystallinity and crys-tallization temperature indicating a nucleating effect by the grafted chains. This is correlated with TGA and rheology results, where an increase in the temperature of maximum degradation and a reduction in the viscosity proved to be converging confirmations of grafting. The results clearly indicated successful grafting of PP which resulted in improved thermal stability that is essential for use in energy applications.
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