Nonisothermal Crystallization Modeling and Simulation for Polypropylene/Nano CaSO4 Composites with Variations in Nanosizes and Wt.% of Loading |
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| Authors: | Satyendra Mishra Arindam Mukherji D K Sharma |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemical Technology , North Maharashtra University , Jalgaon , Maharashtra , India;2. Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology , Hauz Khas , New Delhi , India profsm@rediffmail.com;4. Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology , Hauz Khas , New Delhi , India |
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| Abstract: | Avrami and Ozawa's combined analysis was employed to study the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of Polypropylene (PP): CaSO4 (of 12 and 22 nm) composites using a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC). The parameters, such as Avrami's exponent (n) and growth rate constant (Zt), that characterized the system of different nanosize composites and virgin PP, were determined. The relative degree of crystallinity as a function of temperature for PP/nano CaSO4 composites at the same cooling rate and the Sigmoidal shape of curves indicate a strong interaction between PP molecules and the nanolayer, which leads to greater nucleation with a reduction in nanosizes. The theoretical combination of kinetic equations was found to be suitable to describe the physical phenomena of real system. The values of parameters n, Zt and predicted time t for crystallization at a single cooling rate were obtained from the mathematical model. |
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| Keywords: | CaSO4 Crystallization kinetics Nanocomposites Nonisothermal Polypropylene |
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