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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
Volume 183, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109434
Keywords
Isotactic polypropylene; Photo-oxidation degradation; Chemi-crystallization; Morphology
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1510207]
- Key Program for Coalbased Science and Technology of Shanxi Province [MH2014-08]
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This study systematically investigated the microstructural evolution of iPP film samples and found that both unstabilized and stabilized iPP exhibit chemi-crystallization, with a lower extent in stabilized iPP. The loss of amorphous region induced by UV light etching was identified as another probable factor contributing to the increased crystallinity.
Photo-oxidation degradation behavior of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) has been extensively investigated, however, there are still some ambiguous points, e.g., the origin of improved crystallinity at the early stage of photo-oxidation, the evolution of condensed state structure during the process of UV light irradiation, etc. In the present work, iPP film samples, unstabilized and stabilized with a specific reactive hindered amine light stabilizer (RHALS), were exposed to UV irradiation for accelerated aging tests. The microstructural evolution of the samples was systematically investigated by combination of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results show that chemi-crystallization exists both in unstabilized and stabilized iPP, but the chemi-crystallization extent is much lower in the stabilized iPP. In addition to chemi-crystallization, the loss of amorphous region induced by UV light etching is another probable factor contributing to the increase of crystallinity at the early stage of photo-oxidation. AFM results provide direct evidence that with the progress of photo-oxidation, the degradation gradually propagates from amorphous region to crystalline region, thus inducing the destruction of lamellar structure. On the basis of above results, a comprehensive model is summarized for the structure evolution of iPP film during photo-oxidation and will be of meaningful reference to the degradation investigation of other semi-crystalline polymeric materials. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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