Journal
SN APPLIED SCIENCES
Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
DOI: 10.1007/s42452-021-04759-2
Keywords
Polypropylene; Marine; Land; Delamination; Environmental stress cracking
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Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [20K05587]
- Japan Chemical Industry [19_D08-01]
- Nagasaki University
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20K05587] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The study found that delamination behavior depends on the oxidation state of the material, and the fluctuations in carbonyl index and weight change ratio are caused by repeated oxidation and delamination. This indicates that delamination is based on environmental stress cracking.
Two kinds of marine polypropylene (M1-PP and M2-PP) and one land PP (L-PP) samples were collected from two beaches and land in Japan, respectively, to study the fragmentation mechanisms. Delamination was observed on both M1-PP and M2-PP surfaces. Moreover, there was no delamination but an abrasion patch structure on the surface of L-PP. The delamination was studied using an advanced oxidation process-degraded PP as the marine PP model. The number and shape of cracks varied with an increase in degradation time. The fluctuations in the values and ratios of the carbonyl index as well as the weight change ratio were due to repeated oxidation and delamination. We found that the delamination behavior depends on the oxidation state. Poly(oxyethylene)(8) octylphenyl ether (POE8) surfactant treatment caused the delamination to speed up, which is a typical characteristic of polyolefin environmental stress cracking (ESC). These results reveal that delamination is based on ESC.
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