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Admicellar polymerization was used to produce a thin layer of polypropylene (PP) on the surface of calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) particles using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as the surfactant template and sodium persulfate (Na 2 S 2 O 8 ) as the thermal initiator. The admicellar-treated CaCO 3 particles were characterized by Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), gravimetric analysis, and particle size analysis. FT-IR analysis suggested successful coating of atactic polypropylene (aPP) on the surface of the particles. The behavior of these coated particles in an isotactic polypropylene (iPP) matrix was compared to that of uncoated and stearic acid-coated ones. Non-isothermal crystallization studies indicated that surface treatment of CaCO 3 particles reduced the ability for CaCO 3 particles to nucleate the iPP matrix. Compared to composites made from the uncoated material, composites made with stearic acid-coated and admicellar-treated CaCO 3 particles had lower tensile strength, Young's modulus, and flexural strength, but higher impact strength. Observation of the fractured surfaces of the composites by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed an improvement in the di

Author

Pakpoom Rungruang; Brian P. Grady; Pitt Supaphol

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0927-7757)

Published

2006

Language

EN