Preparation and mechanical properties of polypropylene fiber reinforced calcined kaolin-fly ash based geopolymer

To improve the environmental benefits and solve the problems of large shrinkage and high brittleness, the partial replacement of calcined kaolin by fly ash as a raw material for geopolymer synthesis and the influences of polypropylene (PP) fiber on the mechanical properties and volume stability were investigated. The results show that compressive strength of the geopolymer containing 33.3%(mass fraction) fly ash by steam curing at 80 °C for 6 d is improved by 35.5%. The 3-day compressive strength, flexural strength and impacting energy of geopolymers containing 0.05%PP fiber increase by 67.8%, 36.1% and 6.25%, while the shrinkage and modulus of compressibility decrease by 38.6% and 31.3%, respectively. The results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the appearances of crack growths confirm that PP fiber can offer a bridging effect over the harmful pores and defects and change the expanding ways of cracks, resulting in a great improvement of strength and toughness. Foundation item: Project(2006AA06Z225) supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China     

APP/MQ树脂对聚丙烯热分解动力学研究

通过热失重（TGA）测试,研究了不同阻燃剂改性PP的热分解动力学,结果表明阻燃剂APP、MQ树脂的介入能不同程度提高了改性PP的分解活化能,其中APP改性PP活化能可达500 kJ.mol-1,说明阻燃性能的提高可能归因于无卤阻燃剂促成了改性PP分解活化能的提高。     

Melting,nonisothermal crystallization behavior and morphology of polypropylene/random ethylene—propylene copolymer blends

The melting, nonisothermal crystallization behavior and morphology of blends of polypropylene (PP) with random ethylene–propylene copolymer (PP‐R) were studied by differential scanning calorimetry, polarized optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X‐ray diffraction. The results showed that PP and PP‐R were very miscible and cocrystallizable. Modified Avrami analysis was used to analyze the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of the blends. The values of the Avrami exponent indicated that the crystallization nucleation of the blends was heterogeneous, the growth of the spherulites was tridimensional, and the crystallization mechanism of PP was not affected by PP‐R. The crystallization activation energy was estimated using the Kissinger method. An interesting result was obtained with the modified Avrami analysis and the Kissinger method, whose conclusions were in good agreement. The addition of a minor PP‐R phase favored an increase in the overall crystallization rate of PP. Maximum enhancing effect wass found to occur with a PP‐R content of 20 wt %. The relationship between the composition and the morphology of the blends is discussed. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 99: 670–678, 2006     

PP／交联POE共混物力学性能和形态的研究

采用过氧化二异丙苯（DCP）引发POE弹性体交联，溶解性实验与熔体流动速率实验结果表明，当DCP含量从0．5‰（质量含量，下同）增加至5．0‰时，凝胶含量从0．8％增加至12．8％，对应的共混物的熔体流动速率从2．80g／10min下降至0．80g／10min，这是POE弹性体交联的结果。将交联后的POE与PP共混，其与PP的共混物的冲击强度在较低的交联度时有一小范围的提高，当DCP含量超过2．0‰后，共混物的冲击性能明显下降。扫描电镜观察表明，随着POE交联度的增加，共混物中POE在基体中的分散明显变差，这与其冲击性能有很好的相关性。     

氯化聚丙烯三维溶度参数及其与不同溶剂相互作用参数的研究

用超声降解法制得相对分子质量降低4倍左右的氯化聚丙烯。对比降解前后氯化聚丙烯在不同溶剂中的溶解度,提出了客观判断可溶与不可溶溶剂的新标准,即超声降解后溶解度增加的溶剂为可溶溶剂,溶解度不变的溶剂为不可溶溶剂。依据溶解情况得到了氯化聚丙烯的Hansen三维溶度参数进而计算了氯化聚丙烯与28种溶剂的相互作用参数。     

Morphology and mechanical properties of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites

Polypropylene (PP) nanocomposites were prepared by melt intercalation in an intermeshing corotating twin‐screw extruder. The effect of molecular weight of PP‐MA (maleic anhydride‐ modified polypropylene) on clay dispersion and mechanical properties of nanocomposites was investigated. After injection molding, the tensile properties and impact strength were measured. The best overall mechanical properties were found for composites containing PP‐MA having the highest molecular weight. The basal spacing of clay in the composites was measured by X‐ray diffraction (XRD). Nanoscale morphology of the samples was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The crystallization kinetics was measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and optical microscopy at a fixed crystallization temperature. Increasing the clay content in PP‐ MA330k/clay, a well‐dispersed two‐component system, caused the impact strength to decrease while the crystallization kinetics and the spherulite size remained almost the same. On the other hand, PP/PP‐MA330k/clay, an intercalated three‐component system containing some dispersed clay as well as the clay tactoids, showed a much smaller size of spherulites and a slight increase in impact strength with increasing the clay content. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 85: 1562–1570, 2002     

高流动性高韧性PP/POE共混材料研制

用聚烯烃弹性体(POE)代替传统的弹性体,对聚丙烯(PP)增韧改性,探讨了基体树脂、POE、HDPE、滑石粉、纳米CaCO3以及加工助剂EBS的用量对共混体系力学性能和流动性的影响.并通过扫描电镜观察冲击断面,研究共混物的形态结构.结果表明,POE能大幅度的改善材料的冲击韧性,HDPE和POE具有协同增韧效应,加工助剂EBS能改善PP共混材料的流动性,制得的PP改性材料具有高韧性和离流动性,可用于制造汽车装饰件.     

Extrusion of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene under ultrasonic vibration field

The effects of polypropylene (PP) and ultrasonic irradiation on the processing and mechanical properties of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) are studied. The results show that PP can effectively improve the fluidity and mechanical properties of UHMWPE. The Izod notched impact strength increases from 92 kJ/m² for pure UHMWPE to 109.2 kJ/m² for the blend of UHMWPE with 10 wt % PP. The Young's modulus increases from 528 MPa for pure UHMWPE to 1128 MPa when 25 wt % PP is contained in the blend, and the yield strength also rises when PP is added. The application of ultrasonic vibrations during extrusion can prominently decrease the die pressure and apparent viscosity of the melt, thus increasing the output of extrudate. An appropriate ultrasonic intensity and irradiation time can further promote the mechanical properties, while an overdose of irradiation destroys them. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 89: 2628–2632, 2003     

新型丙烯-乙烯共聚物增韧聚丙烯的研究

丙烯-乙烯共聚物Vistamaxx（VM）是一种丙烯摩尔含量占70％以上的新型弹性体。用VM增韧聚丙烯（PP），考察了PP／VM共混物的力学性能、微观形态结构以及结晶性能，并与乙烯-辛烯共聚物（POE）与PP的共混体系进行了对比。结果表明，常温下VM增韧效果优于POE，PP／VM体系拉伸性能优于PP／POE体系；VM在PP中表现出比POE更好的分散性；VM具有与PP相同的晶型，VM的加入细化了PP的晶粒。     

Crystallization behavior of starch‐filled polypropylene

Starches of different granule sizes, including corn, rice, and amaranth starches, were used to prepare starch‐filled polypropylene (PP) and the effect of starch granule size on crystallization behavior PP was investigated. Differential scanning calorimetry and scanning electron microscopy were used to monitor the energy changes of the crystallization of the melt and to characterize the morphology of PP/starch composites, respectively. Little interaction was observed between starch and PP despite the difference in starch granule size. The crystallization temperature of PP decreased with the addition of starch and this decrease became more apparent with increasing starch granule size. During nonisothermal crystallization, the dependency of the relative degree of crystallinity on time was described by the Avrami equation. The addition of starch decreased the overall crystallization rate of PP, which was attributed to an increase in the activation energy of crystallization under nonisothermal conditions according to the Kissinger equation. An increase in starch granule size of starch would increase the crystallization activation energy of PP and consequently decrease its crystallization rate. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 92: 484–492, 2004