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Non-Isothermal Crystallization Behavior of β-Nucleated Isotactic Polypropylene/Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites with Different Melt Structures

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In this study, the melt structure status of isotactic polypropylene/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composites (iPP/MWCNTs) nucleated with β-NA was tuned by changing the fusion temperature T f . The non-isothermal crystallization behavior and subsequent melting behavior of the sample were studied in detail. The results showed that under different cooling rates (2, 5, 10, 20 and 40 deg/min), the crystallization temperature increased gradually with the decrease of T f , meanwhile, when T f was in the temperature range of 166–174°C where ordered structures survived in the melt (named Region II), the crystallization activation energy was significantly lower compared with the case T f > 174°C or T f < 166°C. On the subsequent melting curves, the occurrence of the melt structure can be observed at all the cooling rates studied; the location of the Region II was constant, which did not show dependency on the cooling rates; low cooling rate and relative low T f within 166–174°C encouraged the formation of more β-phase triggered by melt structure.

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    Shaohua Chen, Chenchen He, Xianze Yin, Luoxin Wang, Hua Wang & Changan Xu

  2. Engineering Research Center of Marine Biological Resource Comprehensive Utilization, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Yuansen Liu & Changan Xu

  3. Sichuan Textile Research Institute, Chengdu, 610072, China

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    Jian Kang

  5. Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, 400074, China

    Yi Zhang

  6. Chongqing Zhixiang Paving Technology Engineering Co., Ltd, Chongqing, 401336, China

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Chen, S., Liu, Y., He, C. et al. Non-Isothermal Crystallization Behavior of β-Nucleated Isotactic Polypropylene/Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites with Different Melt Structures. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 60, 81–89 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X18010029

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