Publication: Crosslinkable polypropylene composites made by the introduction of silane moieties
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2005-08-15
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00218995
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Vol.97, No.4 (2005), 1476-1483
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Kalyanee Sirisinha, Keskanok Kawko Crosslinkable polypropylene composites made by the introduction of silane moieties. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Vol.97, No.4 (2005), 1476-1483. doi:10.1002/app.21872 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/16627
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Crosslinkable polypropylene composites made by the introduction of silane moieties
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Silane-crosslinkable polypropylene (PP) composites containing calcium carbonate (CaCO3) as a filler have been investigated. The melt grafting of vinyl trimethoxysilane to PP with dicumyl peroxide (DCP) as a radical initiator is demonstrated. The thermal and mechanical properties of the crosslinkable products are also discussed. The results show that two reactions, that is, silane grafting and PP degradation, take place in parallel. The extents of silane grafting and PP degradation strongly depend on the reaction temperature, grafting formulation, and amount of the filler in the systems. Increasing the DCP concentration (up to 0.05 wt %) leads to an increase in the grafting degree. However, when the concentration of radicals is over a certain degree, the dominant reaction is PP chain scission. This results in a drastic decrease in the polymer viscosity. In systems containing both silane and CaCO3, the viscosity of the polymer is higher than that of a grafted sample without CaCO3 addition; in other words, the effect of the filler on the polymer viscosity compensates for the effect caused by PP degradation. Differential scanning calorimetry results show that the crystallization starts earlier for grafted samples. The percentage of the crystallinity of grafted PP is higher than that of the pure polymer. The incorporated silane does not have a strong effect on the mobility of the PP chains, as revealed by dynamic mechanical analysis. In comparison with ungrafted composites, the silane-crosslinkable products show higher tensile stress and modulus. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.