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POLYMER BULLETIN
Volume 64, Issue 8, Pages 783-790Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-009-0213-1
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Polypropylene; Nanocomposites; Thermal degradation; Carbonate filler; Chemiluminescence
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Thermal stability of isotactic polypropylene with or without calcium carbonate nanoparticles (nCaCO(3)) was investigated by chemiluminescence under isothermal regime at 190 A degrees C. Two kinds of nCaCO(3) particles, i.e., (neat and stearic acid-coated ones) were used. The contents of nCaCO(3) within the iPP/nCaCO(3) nanocomposites were 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25% w/w. Several parameters, i.e., oxidation induction time, oxidation half-time, maximum oxidation time, and oxidation rate were used to quantify the thermal stability of both the neat and the nCaCO(3)-filled iPP systems. The contribution of nanoparticles on the progress of oxidation is discussed. It has been found that the concentration of nCaCO(3) increases the stability of systems when nanoparticles were covered, while the filler consisted of unmodified particles, the decrease in thermal strength with the increase in filler concentration was noticed.
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