• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.320-325
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• 2015

Flow mark is a sort of surface defect on the composite that can arise during the filling stage of the injection molding process. The purpose of this study is to clarify a mechanism of the flow mark which appears on the surface of injection molded Polypropylene (PP) through the characterization of the surface structure. The materials used in this report are PP/rubber and PP/talc compounding, which are widely used in automobile part. The flow mark shows two different constitutions, such as a luster part and a cloud part on the surface of the injection molded PP. We have investigated the surface structure of PP/rubber and PP/talc composites by using scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDAX) and optical microscopy (OM). As a result, the cloud part contains higher contents of the rubber and talc compare to the luster part.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.7-12
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• 2008

We confirmed that poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) fiber had the possibility to improve the mechanical properties of polypropylene (PP) by fabricating PP/PET fiber composites because PET enhanced mechanical properties and higher melting temperature than PP. But lower compatibility of between PP and PET fibers induced poor mechanical properties of PP/PET fiber composites in spite of incorporating PP-g-MAH as compatibilizer. To solve these problems of PP/PET fiber composites, we carried out a surface treatment on PET fiber using NaOH solution and Prepared PP/PET fiber composites with good mechanical properties by adding PP-g-MAH as a compatibilizer Then the behavior of the mechanical properties was correlated with the results obtained from SEM and IR spectroscopy.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.1988-1992
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• 2011

Polypropylene (PP)-SEBS/silicate composites with PP content of 35, 40, and 45wt% were fabricated by melt compounding at $200^{\circ}C$, using lab scale Brabender mixer. The content of silicate was fixed at 5wt%. The thermal properties of the PP-SEBS/silicate composites were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). The melting temperature of PP-SEBS compound decreased up to $141^{\circ}C$ with SEBS content. TGA result indicates an increase in degradation temperature when the silicate was added in the PP-SEBS compound. The rheological properties of the compounds were measured by dynamic Rheometer. PP-SEBS/silicate composite indicates higher shear thinning and elastic property than PP-SEBS compound. Van Gurp-Palmen analysis was applied in order to certify an increase in elasticity.

• Clean Technology
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.26-32
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• 2010

The low temperature pyrolysis of polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and polypropylene-polystyrene (PP-PS) mixture in a batch reactor at the atmospheric pressure and $450^{\circ}C$ was conducted to investigate the synergy effect of PP-PS mixture on the yield of pyrolytic oil. The pyrolysis time was varied from 20 to 80 mins. The products formed during pyrolysis were classified into gas, gasoline, kerosene, gas oil and heavy oil according to the petroleum product quality standard of Ministry of Knowledge Economy. The analysis of the product oils by GC/MS(Gas chromatography/Mass spectrometry) showed that new components were not detected by mixing of PP and PS. There was no synergy effect according to the mixing of PP and PS. Conversions and yields of PP-PS mixtures were linearly dependent on the mixing ratio of samples except for heavy oil yields. Heavy oil yields showed almost constant regardless of the mixing ratio.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.509-520
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• 2003

The study was made to compare the crystallization behavior of polypropylene (PP) with different stereo-regularity. The unit cell parameters, lamellar structure of PP, and the growth of thieir spherulites were strongly dependent upon the crystallization condition. It was shown that metastable structure appeared with increasing cooling rate. The structural change of isotactic PP (iPP) was larger than that of syndiotactic PP (sPP). The crystal structure of sPP showed body centered cell III when it is cooled down with 1 $^{\circ}C$/min. When sPP was grown to primitive cell II structure, both unit cell and lamellar structure were less affected by a cooling rate. The overall crystallization rate of ipp was faster than that of sPP.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.200-209
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• 2015

In this study, the influence of dilauroyl peroxide on mechanical and thermal properties of different polypropylene (PP) matrices was investigated. Polypropylene matrices, different molecular weight isotactic PP containing 0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, and 0.1 wt% of dilauroyl peroxide (DLP) were prepared by using a single-screw extruder. The effect of the visbreaking agent (DLP) on mechanical, physical, thermal and morphological properties of different molecular weight PP had been studied. Mechanical properties (tensile strength at break point, at yield and elongation at break point), melt flow index (MFI), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) analyses of these matrices were examined. Melting ($T_m$) and crystallization ($T_c$) temperatures, crystallinity ratio (%) and enthalpies were determined. The microstructure of isotactic polypropylene matrix was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). From SEM analysis, it was observed that the surface disorder increased by the increasing amount of DLP. As a result of DSC analyses, the crystallinity ratio of the PP matrices has varied between 1.64-7.27%. Mechanical properties of the matrices have been improved. Particularly, the mechanical tests of PP have given interesting results when compounded with 0.06-0.08 wt% dilauroyl peroxide (DLP). Mechanical properties and thermal decomposition processes were all changed by increasing the amount of DLP in the matrix structure.

• Textile Coloration and Finishing
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.82-87
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• 1997

Modified polypropylene was made of melt blending using thermostable-filler and polypropylene polymers. Modified PP were characterized for the purpose of improving a thermal-property of PP polymer with the composition of 5wt %, 10wt % of thermostable-filler. The structure and thermal-property were determined from IR, DSC, TGA, and SEM instruments. From the results of this study, it found the following facts. Firstly, it was found that the modified PP was mixed with PP and thermostable-filler qualitativly. Secondaty, thermal property of modified PP was improved steadily according to increase of ratio of thermostable-filler.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.182-187
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• 2019

To improve the mechanical properties of glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites through interfacial adhesion control between the PP matrix and glass fiber, the surface of the glass fiber was modified with PP-graft-maleic anhydride (MAPP). Surface modification of the glass fiber was carried out through the well-known hydrolysis-condensation reaction using 3-aminopropyltriethoxy silane, and then subsequently treated with MAPP to produce the desired MAPP-anchored glass fiber (MAPP-a-GF). The glass-fiber-reinforced PP composites were prepared by typical melt-mixing technique. The effect of chemical modification of the glass fiber surface on the mechanical properties of composites was investigated. The resulting mechanical and morphological properties showed improved interfacial adhesion between the MAPP-a-GF and PP matrix in the composites.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.150-156
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• 2001

Polystyrenes(PS) were grafted onto polypropylene(PP) in the PP solution by ultrasonic irradiation-initiated polymerization of styrene. The resulting products consisted of mixtures of homopolymers and PP-PS copolymer because of the homopolymerization of styrene itself and copolymerization with PP. The dependency of the designated polymerization on sonication times was investigated to monitor the evolution lion of the copolymerization. Formation of the PP-PS copolymer was confirmed by FTIR analysis of the reaction products after a proper separation procedure of free PS and PP-PS copolymer. It was found that the tendency for the formation of PP-PS copolymer was closely related with the phase behavior of the PP/styrene mixture which was also influenced by sonication time. In order to verify the effectiveness of the PP-PS copolymer as a compatibilizer for PP/PS blend, melt mixing of PP/PS/PP-PS was performed in a batch mixer. During the mixing, the average torque was higher for the blend containing PP-PS copolymer influencing compatibilization. In accordance with the results from FRIR analysis and torque measurement, the PS domain size remarkably decreased in the PP/PS/PP-PS blend.

• Textile Coloration and Finishing
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.33-41
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• 1998

이 연구는 염색성이 열악한 polypropylene(PP) 섬유의 염색성을 개선하기 위해 추진한 것이다. 연구목적에 따라서 PP 섬유를 개질하기 위해 1차 cellulosic유도체를 추출하고 이 유도체와 PP를 9：1의 혼합비율로 섞어 master batch를 만든 다음 master batch 17%와 PP를 blending하여 개질 PP를 만들었다. 이렇게 제조된 개질 PP는 혼합된 변성 cellulosic polymer의 영향으로 착색이 심하게 되어 있으므로 이를 표백하는 것을 이 연구의 목적으로 하였다. 연구결과 blend한 개질 PP(Grand P)의 혼화성이 우수하였고, 아염소산나트륨에 표백적성을 가지며, 표백의 최적조건은 표백제의 농도가 0.1% $NaClO_2$, 표백온도 $70^\circ{C}$, 표백시간 30분이었다.