Temperature programmed decomposition of polypropylene: in situ FTIR coupled with mass spectroscopy study

Hedrick, Scott A.; Chuang, Steven S. C.

doi:10.1016/s0040-6031(98)00283-4

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“…Figure 8 shows the FTIR spectra for PP and its blends containing 0.5%, 2%, 3% and 4% DTAB by weight. All spectra were very similar with each displaying the characteristic peaks of PP [42,43], as listed in Table 1. This suggested that adding DTAB into molten PP had a negligible effect on the chemical structure of PP.…”

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Needleless Melt‐Electrospinning of Polypropylene Nanofibres

Fang

Zhang

Sutton³

et al. 2012

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Polypropylene (PP) nanofibres have been electrospun from molten PP using a needleless melt-electrospinning setup containing a rotary metal disc spinneret. The influence of the disc spinneret (e.g., disc material and diameter), operating parameters (e.g., applied voltage, spinning distance), and a cationic surfactant on the fibre formation and average fibre diameter were examined. It was shown that the metal material used for making the disc spinneret had a significant effect on the fibre formation. Although the applied voltage had little effect on the fibre diameter, the spinning distance affected the fibre diameter considerably, with shorter spinning distance resulting in finer fibres. When a small amount of cationic surfactant (dodecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide) was added to the PP melt for melt-electrospinning, the fibre diameter was reduced considerably. The finest fibres produced from this system were400±290 nm. This novel melt-electrospinning setup may provide a continuous and efficient method to produce PP nanofibres.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 63%

Needleless Melt‐Electrospinning of Polypropylene Nanofibres

Fang

Zhang

Sutton³

et al. 2012

Journal of Nanomaterials

223

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“…The peaks at 3050 and 2950 cm −1 are related to the stretching vibration of CH 2 (aliphatic), CH 3 (aliphatic), and C─H from mononuclear aromatic hydrocarbons owing to degradation process. Moreover, the other peaks observed at 1652, 1457, 1378, 1153, 971, and 900 cm −1 are assigned to the stretching vibrations of C═C, the asymmetric bending of ─CH 2 , aromatic CH, the stretching vibration of C─C bonds, rocking vibration of CH 3 , and out‐of‐plane bending of aromatic CH, respectively …”

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An experimental and theoretical mechanistic analysis of thermal degradation of polypropylene/polylactic acid/clay nanocomposites

Karimpour‐Motlagh

Khonakdar

Jafari

et al. 2019

Polymers for Advanced Techs

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Polypropylene/polylactic acid (PP/PLA) blends containing 5 wt% of nanoclay in presence and absence of an ethylene‐butylacrylate‐glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer as compatibilizer were prepared by melt‐mixing process. A matrix‐droplet–type morphology confirmed by transmission electron microscope (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies is formed in presence and absence of the compatibilizer in which the clay platelets were mainly localized in the polylactic acid (PLA) dispersed phase. Degradation studies by means of thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) and analysis of degradation activation energy (Ea), Tmax (maximum degradation temperature), and ΔT (difference between initial and final degradation temperatures) parameters for each polymer component of the system revealed that incorporation of less stable PLA phase to polypropylene (PP) decreases Ea and Tmax parameters, and hence, reduces the thermal stability of PP phase, while incorporation of clay nanoplatelets to the neat blend further reduces its thermal stability attributed to their lack of localization in PP phase. Compatibilization of the filled system results in migration of clay nanoplatelets toward PP and improves Ea and Tmax of PP phase. On the other hand, the Ea and Tmax of PLA phase of the blend were increased with incorporation of clay and its localization within that phase, while compatibilization of the filled system slightly reduces thermal stability of PLA phase due to migration of clay toward PP. A correlation was found between Ea and intensity of the thermogravimetry analysis Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy (TGA‐FTIR) peaks of the evolved products. Using the Criado method, a detailed analysis on degradation mechanism of each component was performed, and the changes in the degradation mechanism of the developed systems were determined.

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“…All the FTIR spectra showed similar absorption bands, which were used to characterise the PP specimens as shown Table VI. Identification of absorption bends was made on base of Hedrick et al30 and Abdel‐Hamid et al31. The FTIR spectra suggested that the melt electrospinning processing had an insignificant effect on the chemical structure of polypropylene.…”

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“…The preliminary pictures of the Moplen HP 462R PP and PLA 4060D fabricated tubular structures30 prepared by melt electrospinning are shown in Figure 8(a,b) and (c,d), respectively. The preliminary results of tubular fibrous structures microscopic observation presented a different distribution of fiber diameter than for flat fibrous structures.…”

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Design of vascular prostheses by melt electrospinning—structural characterizations

Mazalevska

Struszczyk

Krucińska

2012

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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The general objective of this research is to use melt electrospinning to design and fabricate semibiodegradable and multilayered fibrous structures that have potential applications for cardiovascular implants, including small-diameter (<6 mm) blood vessels replacements. In the first stage of the study, as described in this article, flat fibrous structures from polypropylene and polylactide polymers were fabricated. The fabrication stage was necessary to determine the effect of the polymers' melt mass flow rate, melt electrospinning processing parameters (as a working distance and spinning voltage) on the resulting fiber diameter and on other physical and structural properties of the fibrous structures. An analysis of the effects of the processing parameters on the fabrication of the fibrous structures and the selection of the appropriate polymers for the final multilayered tubular structure were also performed.

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Temperature programmed decomposition of polypropylene: in situ FTIR coupled with mass spectroscopy study

Cited by 47 publications

References 15 publications

Needleless Melt‐Electrospinning of Polypropylene Nanofibres

Needleless Melt‐Electrospinning of Polypropylene Nanofibres

An experimental and theoretical mechanistic analysis of thermal degradation of polypropylene/polylactic acid/clay nanocomposites

Design of vascular prostheses by melt electrospinning—structural characterizations

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