Crystallization in blends of isotactic polypropylene with polyethylene-b-poly(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-polyethylene block copolymer

摘要

In this study, isothermal crystallization in blends of isotactic polypropylene (i-PP) with polyethylene-b-poly(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-polyethylene block copolymer (CEBC) was investigated using a polarized photometer, polarized microscope and differential scanning calorimeter. Half time of crystallization (#tau#_(1/2) is increasing with increasing CEBC content in i-PP/CEBC blends. Avrami index and rate constant of crystal growth decrease with increasing CEBC content in i-PP/CEBC blends. On the contrary, heat of fusion of i-PP crystal in the blends is almost constant against the variation of CEBC content in i-PP/CEBC blends. Hence, it is pointed out that blending i-PP with CEBC caused only retardation of rate of crystalline growth and change in mechanism of crystalline growth from there dimensional to two dimensional growth.