Wall Slip Effect on Shear-Induced Crystallization Behavior of Isotactic Polypropylene Containing beta-Nucleating Agent

Baojing Luo, Hongfei Li, Yao Zhang, Feifei Xue, Peipei Guan, Jing Zhao, Chengbo Zhou, Wenyang Zhang, Jingqing Li, Hong Huo, Dean Shi, Donghong Yu, Shichun Jiang

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Abstract

Shearing is unavoidable during the polymer process, and isotactic polypropylene (iPP) is one of the most used commercial polymers. iPP mixed with beta-nucleating agent TMB-5 was isothermally crystallized at 135 degrees C from melts under various shear conditions and investigated via synchrotron radiation small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS and WAXS) techniques with CCD detector. The shear-induced crystalline structure and the orientation of the samples were studied according to the obtained WAXS and SAXS patterns. The results showed that both the crystallinity of alpha-iPP and beta-iPP are in direct proportion to the orientation degree rather than shear rate especially at high shear rate, which proves that wall slip should not be neglected when taking shear effect or rheological behavior into consideration.
Original languageEnglish
JournalIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume53
Issue number34
Pages (from-to)13513-13521
ISSN0888-5885
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Aug 2014

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