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24-02-2022 | Technical Article

Silicon Modified Polyethylene as Foam Stabilizer and its Effect on Cell Structure and Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Foam

Authors: Jingqian Deng, Junyi Guo, Zhongjie Du, Chen Zhang, Shengke Liang, Peng Kong, Wei Zou

Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance | Issue 8/2022

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Polypropylene (PP) foams have received tremendous attention because of its outstanding performance such as higher tensile modulus, impact resistance and excellent chemical resistance. But the poor pore structure on account of low melt strength leads to poor mechanical properties. In this work, a novel organic silicon-carbon type foam stabilizer was introduced to obtain PP foam with excellent properties. The foam stabilizer contained long carbon chain with good compatibility with the PP melt as well as -Si-O-Si- with good compatibility with the cells. Thus, the surface tension of the system was reduced. The results shown that the foam stabilizer we prepared could significantly reduce the size, size distribution and density of the cells. Besides, when 1.0 wt.% of foam stabilizer was added, the mechanical properties had also been significantly improved: the tensile strength and the elongation at break was 18.7 MPa and 499%, increased by 16.1 and 55%, respectively.

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Title: Silicon Modified Polyethylene as Foam Stabilizer and its Effect on Cell Structure and Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Foam
Authors: Jingqian Deng
Junyi Guo
Zhongjie Du
Chen Zhang
Shengke Liang
Peng Kong
Wei Zou
Publication date: 24-02-2022
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance / Issue 8/2022
Print ISSN: 1059-9495
Electronic ISSN: 1544-1024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-06721-8

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