Abstract
AbstractCalcium malonate (Camt) is used to induce the β crystalline form in isotactic polypropylene (iPP) for the first time. The relative content of the β crystalline form (K value) increases markedly with the addition of Camt and attains the maximum value of 73.48% at 0.40% Camt. The amounts of bright and colorful β spherulites increase and the spherulitic sizes decrease with the increase in Camt contents. The tensile strength and the Izod notched impact strength of the nucleated iPP samples increase with the addition of Camt; in particular, the latter almost doubles at 0.40% Camt compared to that of the blank iPP sample. The β nucleation mechanism of Camt is analyzed by the dimensional lattice match criterion. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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