Investigation on the melt spinning fibers of PP/organoclay nanocomposites prepared by in‐situ polymerization |
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| Authors: | Chaowei Hao Ying Zhao Aihua He Xiuqin Zhang Dujin Wang Qingfang Ma Yizhuang Xu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Engneering Plastics, Joint Laboratory of Polymer Science and Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China;2. Key Lab of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310012, People's Republic of China;3. State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | Fibers prepared by melt spinning process from the PP (polypropylene)/organoclay nanocomposite were characterized in details with the aid of SEM, FTIR, XRD, DSC, and mechanical measurements. The results suggested that the lower content of organoclay (0.1%) added to the PP matrix increased the crystallinity and mechanical property (tensile strength) of the PP/organoclay nanocomposite fiber. With increasing the content of organoclay (≥ 0.3%), the crystallinity and the tensile strength both a little decreased, and the fiber containing organoclay exhibited multi‐peaks at the same draw ratio during the heating process. Furthermore, the degree of orientation of the fiber increased a little with lower content of organoclay (0.1%) introduction to PP during the infrared dichroism measurement. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010 |
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| Keywords: | fibers nanocomposites in‐situ polymerization orientation PP |
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