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Effect of Metallic Salts of Glutaric Acid on the Formation of β-crystalline Form in Isotactic Polypropylene

Qiang Dou

Department of Polymer Science, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing 210009, China, douqiang.njut{at}gmail.com

Qu-Liang Lu

Department of Polymer Science, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing 210009, China

Huai-Dong Li

Department of Polymer Science, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing 210009, China

The effects of glutaric acid and the lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, and cadmium salts of glutaric acid on the formation of β-crystalline form in isotactic polypropylene (iPP) at the crystallization temperatures 120 and 130°C have been investigated. It is found that glutaric acid and the sodium, potassium, and zinc salts of glutaric acid inhibit the formation of β-crystalline form in polypropylene. Lithium glutarate has a limited positive effect on the formation of β-crystalline form. Magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium salts of glutaric acid exhibit increased β-nucleation abilities with the increasing atomic radii of the combined metals. Cadmium glutarate is a good β-nucleating agent and the formation of β-crystalline form is favored at the crystallization temperature of 120°C. The increases in the orientation of b-axes of the nucleated iPP samples are due to the presences of sodium and zinc salts of glutaric acid.

Key Words: β-crystalline form • crystallization • glutaric acid • polymorphism • polypropylene.

This version was published on November 1, 2009

Journal of Elastomers and Plastics, Vol. 41, No. 6, 509-522 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0095244309339789
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