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POLYMER
Volume 46, Issue 2, Pages 505-512Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.11.019
Keywords
chemi-crystallization; photodegradation; recyclate
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Injection moulded bars have been made from virgin polypropylene and from blends containing recycled photo-degraded polypropylene, then subjected to further ultraviolet (UV) exposure. Crystallinity measurements have been made at different depths from the exposed surface using X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. Strong evidence for chemi-crystallization is provided for the photo-degraded samples. The crystallinity results are interpreted in terms of molecular scission and photo-initiated molecular defects. Scission leads to greater crystallizability and accounts for the observed chemi-crystallization. Molecular defects inhibit crystallization and eventually limit chemi-crystallization, as observed with a blend containing 75% virgin material and 25% recycled photo-degraded polymer after further UV exposure. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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