Abstract
Abstract Heat treatment was applied in polypropylene/calcium carbonate nanocomposite and its effects on the structure and impact resistance of the materials were studied. The nanocomposite was prepared by melt blending in a twin screw extruder and subsequently molded into tensile specimens by injection molding. Polypropylene and the nanocomposite were characterized through tensile and impact tests, wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMA). The results show an increase in impact strength of the nanocomposite after heat treatment which was accompanied by an increase in elastic modulus. DSC and WAXD results show an increase in the crystallinity of the polymer matrix of the nanocomposite but not in the neat polymer. Analysis of the morphology of PP and the nanocomposite PP/CaCO3 revealed that the nanocomposite has a non-spherulitic morphology. Results from DMA indicate that thermal treatment affects the rigidity of the amorphous phase of polypropylene. A mechanism was proposed to explain the influence of thermal treatment in the morphology of PP/CaCO3 nanocomposites and its relation with the impact strength.
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