Studies of properties of polypropylene/halloysite composites

• Authors: Agnieszka Szczygielska , Jacek Kijeński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The results of the studies on the synthesis, mechanical and thermal properties of polypropylene composites with various amount of halloysite filler are presented. Halloysite (HNT) belongs to the silica type characterized by a two-layer 1:1 structure. This work was aimed to develop a method for the modification of halloysite in its prime use as a filler for polypropylene by extrusion. The composites contain 1, 3, 5 and 7 wt.% of HNT. The degree of crystallinity of the composites decrease with increasing halloysite content. The results confirm the expectations that composites of interesting physicochemical, mechanical and thermal properties can be obtained. The mechanical properties studied show that the filler modification method used leads to the synthesis of polymer composites of improved thermal and mechanical properties.

Keywords

EN

polypropylene; composites; powder filler; halloysite; mechanical; thermal properties; morphology of polymeric materials; extrusion; injection

• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 61-65

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2011

online

5 - 10 - 2011

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Szczygielska

• Industrial Chemistry Research Institute, ul. Rydygiera 8, 01-793 Warszawa, Poland

author

Jacek Kijeński

• School of Technical and Social Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Łukasiewicza 17, 09-400 Płock, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10026-011-0039-0