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Crystallization Behaviour of PP and Carbon Nanofibre Blends  

Chatterjee, A. (Department of Textile Technology)
Deopura, B.L. (Department of Textile Technology)
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Fibers and Polymers / v.4, no.3, 2003 , pp. 102-106 More about this Journal
Abstract
Crystallization behaviour of blends of different MFI isotactic polypropylenes (PP), and blends of PP with carbon nanofibre have been investigated by DSC and polarizing optical microscope. Both higher MFI PP component and the carbon nanofibre in the blend influence the nucleation activity of the melt during non-isothermal crystallization. In presence of carbon nanofibre, the sherulitic growth rate is highly disturbed. The calculation of nucleation activity indicates that carbon nanofibres act as active substrate for heterogeneous nucleation.
Keywords
Polypropylene; Carbon nanofibre; Crystallisation kinetics; Nucleation activity; Spherulites;
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