Mechanical Properties of Plasticized Cellulose Acetate Magnesium Hydroxide Polypropylene Materials

EasyChair Preprint no. 10640

Abstract

Plasticized cellulose acetate (CA*) and magnesium hydroxide (MH) were used as polymer blend and flame retardant, respectively, in polypropylene (PP). The mechanical properties, degree of crystallinity (Xc) and crystallization forms, were investigated. The results show that MH was well dispersed within the matrix with pure PP and PP*/CA* with neglected agglomeration. The blend and addition of CA* and MH deteriorated the tensile and impact strengths and improved Young’s modulus of the PP materials. The degree of crystallinity (Xc) increased when MH and CA* were present, while CA* lowered the Xc measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). DSC and XRD showed that CA* could induce β crystal for the PP material.

Keyphrases: Bio-materials, Magnesium hydroxide, Non-isothermal crystallization, Plasticized Cellulose Acetate, Polypropylene

@Booklet{EasyChair:10640,
  author = {Omar Al-Kubaisi and Aiping Yu and Hasan Majdi and Haidar Taofeeq and Christine Moresoli},
  title = {Mechanical Properties of Plasticized Cellulose Acetate Magnesium Hydroxide Polypropylene Materials},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 10640},

  year = {EasyChair, 2023}}