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Kinetics of Thermal Degradation of Polypropylene/Nanoclay/Wood Flour Nanocomposites

  • Mohan, D. Jagan (Department of Forest Products, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Sun-Young (Department of Forest Products, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Kang, In-Aeh (Department of Forest Products, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Doh, Geum-Hyun (Department of Forest Products, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Park, Byung-Dae (Department of Wood Sci. & Tech., Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Wu, Qinglin (School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University)
  • Published : 2007.09.30
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Abstract

As a part of enhancing the performance of wood-plastic composites (WPC), polypropylene (PP)/ nanoclay (NC)/ wood flour (WF) nanocomposites were prepared using melt blending and injection molding process to evaluate their thermal stability. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was employed to investigate thermal degradation kinetics of the nanocomposites both dynamic and isothermal conditions. Dynamic scans of the TGA showed an increased thermal stability of the nanocomposites at moderate wood flour concentrations (up to 20 phr, percentage based on hundred percent resin) while it decreased with the addition of 30 phr wood flour. The activation energy $(E_a)$ of thermal degradation of nanocomposites increased when nanoclay was added and the concentration of wood flour increased. Different equations were used to evaluate isothermal degradation kinetics using the rate of thermal degradation of the composites, expressed as weight loss (%) from their isothermal TGA curves. Degradation occurred at faster rate in the initial stages of about 60 min., and then proceeded in a gradual manner. However, nanocomposites with wood flour of 30 phr heated at $300^{\circ}C$ showed a drastic difference in their degradation behavior, and reached almost a complete decomposition after 40 min. of the isothermal heating. The degree of decomposition was greater at higher temperatures, and the residual weight of isothermal degradation of nanocomposites greatly varied from about 10 to 90%, depending on isothermal temperatures. The isothermal degradation of nanocomposites also increased their thermal stability with the addition of 1 phr nanoclay and of wood flour up to 20 phr. But, the degradation of PP100/NC1/MAPP3/WF30 nanocomposites with 30 phr wood flour occurs at a faster rate compared to those of the others, indicating a decrease in their thermal stability.

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