Melting and Crystallization Behaviors of Poly(lactic acid)/Polypropylene Blends

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10.2991/icmsa-15.2015.52How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Crystallization, Poly(lactic acid), Polypropylene, Blend.

Abstract

The melting and crystallization behaviors of poly(lactic acid) (PLA)/polypropylene (PP) and PLA/PP/PP-graft-maleic anhydride (PP-g-MAH) blends were investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized light microscopy (PLM). The results showed that the pure PLA and the PLA in the blends were very difficult to crystallize during the cooling process. PP-g-MAH had a weak restraint on the non-isothermal crystallization of the blends but it promoted the growth of the spherulites during isothermal crystallization process. It was also found that blending PLA with PP decreased the size of spherulites.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhi-Fei Bai
AU  - Qiang Dou
PY  - 2014/06
DA  - 2014/06
TI  - Melting and Crystallization Behaviors of Poly(lactic acid)/Polypropylene Blends
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Material Science and Applications
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 282
EP  - 286
SN  - 2352-541X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmsa-15.2015.52
DO  - 10.2991/icmsa-15.2015.52
ID  - Bai2014/06
ER  -