Effect of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane POSS reinforced polypropylene PP nanocomposite on the microstructure and isothermal crystallization kinetics of polyoxymethylene POM
   
Yazarlar (5)
Ali Durmus Istanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Alper KAŞGÖZ Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Nevra Ercan Istanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dincer Akn Istanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Selen Şanl Epsan Plastics, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Polymer
Dergi ISSN 0032-3861 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 09-2012
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 53 / 23 / 5347–5357 DOI 10.1016/j.polymer.2012.09.026
Makale Linki http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003238611200794X
Özet
In this study, effects of small amount of methyl-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (methyl-POSS) on the microstructure and isothermal melt-crystallization behavior of polyoxymethylene (POM) were investigated, in detail. Introducing of methyl-POSS particles in POM phase was achieved via melt blending of methyl-POSS reinforced isotactic polypropylene (i-PP) nanocomposite as POSS carrier material with POM in a twin screw co-rotating extruder. Microstructural features of the POM/PP-POSS compounds were investigated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. SEM analysis showed that the POM/PP-POSS compounds exhibited immiscible blend morphology. The POM, continuous matrix, phase includes a significant number of POSS particles due to interfacial interactions between the Si-O bonds of POSS and C-O bonds of POM, and resulted POSS migration from PP to POM phase during the melt processing. The kinetic parameters for the isothermal melt-crystallization process of the samples were determined with the Avrami and Lauritzen-Hoffman models. The crystallization activation energies were determined by the Arrhenius method. It was found that the PP-POSS nanocomposite significantly accelerated the isothermal crystallization rate of POM. Based on the results, it has been highlighted that POM compounds including a small amount of PP-POSS nanocomposite as POSS carrier material can be successfully used in the production of injection molded POM parts because the POM/PP-POSS compounds yield much faster molding cycle thus production rate than the POM. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Crystallization kinetics | Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) | Polyoxymethylene (POM)